Where does “thimiān” come from?

thimiān (Middle High German) comes from Latin thȳmiāma, from Ancient Greek θυμίαμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “thimiān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinthȳmiāmaincense; fumigant
2Ancient Greekθυμίαμαthat which is burnt as incense or fumigation
3Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “thimiān”

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