žmuo

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Old Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ, from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”). Cognates include Old Prussian smoy, Latin homō and Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma).[1]

Noun

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žmuõ m

  1. man

Descendants

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  • Lithuanian: žmogùs

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “žmuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 521
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