Where does “Koma” come from?
Koma (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German kāmer, from Old Saxon kamara, from Proto-West Germanic *kamarā, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati — to bend, to curve.
Koma (Plautdietsch): pantry
Definitions
- pantry
Ancestry of “Koma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | kāmer | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | kamara | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kamarā | chamber |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |