Where does “θύμα” come from?

θύμα (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek θῦμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

θύμα (Greek): victim

Definitions

  1. victim

Ancestry of “θύμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekθῦμαvictim, sacrifice; act of sacrifice
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek θῦμα