Where does “χώμαν” come from?

χώμαν (Pontic Greek) comes from Ancient Greek χῶμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

χώμαν (Pontic Greek): earth, soil, dirt

Definitions

  1. earth, soil, dirt

Ancestry of “χώμαν”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekχῶμαheaped earth
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek χῶμα
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