Where does “αἷμα” come from?

αἷμα (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

αἷμα (Ancient Greek): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “αἷμα”, step by step

αἷμα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin globus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

via Proto-Indo-European swokʷos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswokʷosjuice, resin

Words derived from “αἷμα”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin globus →