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Where does “Cimmerian” come from?

Cimmerian (English) comes from Latin Cimmerius, from Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος, from Proto-Iranian gamīra-.

Cimmerian (English): Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a...

Definitions

  1. Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a...

Ancestry of “Cimmerian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCimmeriusCimmerian
2Ancient GreekΚιμμέριοςa Cimmerian
3Proto-Iraniangamīra-—
Every word from Proto-Iranian gamīra- →