Where does “žmuo” come from?

žmuo (Old Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

žmuo (Old Lithuanian): man

Definitions

  1. man

Ancestry of “žmuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰmṓearthling
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
3Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
4Proto-Indo-European-mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →