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Related to Ancient Greekδάφνη(dáphnē, “laurel”), and likely borrowed there from an Aegean or Anatolian language. Together with the rare variation δαυχμός(daukhmós) and the name δαῦκος(daûkos), used for some umbelliferous plants, Beekes derives δάφνη(dáphnē) from *dakʷ-(n-). It is possibly related to Latinlacrima, dacrima and Ancient Greekδάκρυ(dákru, “tear, resin”), themselves from *dáḱru- and this from the compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (eye-bitter), due to its poignancy as firewood, or its gummy sap. Traditionally, δαῦκος has been connected with δαίω(daíō, “to kindle, burn”).