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Where does “hiems” come from?

hiems (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *hiem-.

hiems (Latin): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “hiems”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*hiem-—

Words derived from “hiems”

  • hibernation
  • hibernate
  • hibernaculum
  • hibernal
  • hibernator
  • hiemal
  • hiemalis
  • hibernate
  • hibernalis
  • hibernans
  • hibernaturus
  • hibernandus
  • hiematurus
  • hibernatus
  • hibernum
  • hiemandus
  • hiemo
  • hiematus
  • hiemans
  • hiberno
  • hibernare
  • hibernator
  • bihiemus
  • bimus
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