Where does “алмааз” come from?
алмааз (Mongolian) comes from Russian алма́з, from Tatar алмаз, from Persian الماس, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
алмааз (Mongolian): diamond
Definitions
- diamond
Ancestry of “алмааз”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | алма́з | diamond |
| 2 | Tatar | алмаз | — |
| 3 | Persian | الماس | diamond |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |