Where does “zmyk'” come from?

zmyk' (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *jā́h, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰā́s, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

zmyk' (Middle Persian): earth

Definitions

  1. earth

Ancestry of “zmyk'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*jā́hearth
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰžʰā́sthe ground, earth
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
4Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
5Proto-Indo-European-mi—

Words derived from “zmyk'”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →