Where does “Halma” come from?

Halma (English) comes from Ancient Greek ἅλμα, from Ancient Greek -μα, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Halma (English): A strategic board game played with counters on a board of 16×16 squares

Definitions

  1. A strategic board game played with counters on a board of 16×16 squares

Ancestry of “Halma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἅλμαspring, leap, jump; jumping, as an athletic...
2Ancient Greek-μαAdded to verbal stems to form neuter nouns...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “Halma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →