Where does “žemė” come from?

žemė (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

žemė (Lithuanian): land; earth

Definitions

  1. land; earth

Ancestry of “žemė”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavic*źémijāˀearth
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
3Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
4Proto-Indo-European-mi

Words derived from “žemė

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -miEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -ōmEvery word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm
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