Where does “homiño” come from?

homiño (Galician) comes from Galician home, from Old Occitan ome, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm.

homiño (Galician): little man

Definitions

  1. little man

Ancestry of “homiño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianhomehuman; person; mankind; man
2Old Occitanomeman
3Latinhomōhuman, person, man
4Old Latinhemō—
5Proto-Italichemōman
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
8Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
9Proto-Indo-European-mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →