The Phrygian word ΖΕΜΕΛΩΣ
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| IPA | zemelɔːs |
| Meaning | man, human being |
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Greek: χαμηλός
‘near the ground, low’ Latin: humilis ‘low, humble’ Thracian: sem(e)la ‘land, earth’ Greek: χθαμαλός ‘near the ground’ Proto-Indo-European: *ĝhðem-, ĝhðom- ‘earth’ Tocharian B: keṃ ‘earth’ Doric Greek: σέμελος ‘snail’ |
| Synonyms | ΑΝΑΡ |
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Same PIE root (dhghemelo) gave both the nouns for man and earth (PIE *dʰéǵʰōm); compare Greek χθαμαλος, χαμηλός ('near the ground'), Latin homō ('human being, man') and humus ('ground, soil'). Also, compare to proto-Slavic zemja ('earth, soil'). |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| ΚΝΑΙΚΑ ‘woman’, ΒΡΑΤΕΡΕ ‘brother’, ΠΑΤΗΡ ‘father’, ΓΕΛΑΡΟΣ ‘sister in law’, ΟΡΟΥΑΝ ‘guardian, warden, father’, ΠΕΝΘΕΡΩ ‘father in law’, ΒΡΑΤΕΡΑΙΣ ‘brother’, ΙΑΝΑΤΕΡΑ ‘husband’s brother’s wife’, ΟΥΕΛΑ- ‘family, relatives’, ΟΡΟΥΕΝΑΝ ‘father’, ΒΟΝΟΚ- ‘woman, wife’, ΖΕΙΡΑ ‘hand, children, living’, ΕΡΟΚΑ ‘progeny, family’, ΚΟΡΟΑΝ ‘girl’, ↑ΙΡΑJ ‘living, children’ | |