Where does “χώμα” come from?

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

χώμα (Greek): earth, soil, dirt, mould

Definitions

  1. earth, soil, dirt, mould

Ancestry of “χώμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekχῶμαheaped earth
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “χώμα”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek χῶμα →