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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *kʰeimə, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéymn̥ (winter). Cognate with Sanskrit हिम (hima).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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χεῖμᾰ (kheîman (genitive χείμᾰτος); third declension

  1. winter
  2. frost, cold
  3. storm, tempest

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χεῖμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1619-20

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