The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*swé“self”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔτης“clansman”
- English todayhetegony
From Ancient Greek ἔτης (étēs, “clansman”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”), plus -gony. See also ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”). Probably invented by Hannes Alfvén.https://web.archive.org/web/20170401121945/http://worldwidewords.org/nl/lumr.htm
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*swé all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.