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Where does “haimo” come from?

haimo (Proto-Finnic) comes from Old High German -o, from Proto-West Germanic -ō, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

haimo (Proto-Finnic): tribe; family; kindred, relatives

Definitions

  1. tribe; family; kindred, relatives

Ancestry of “haimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German-oForms adverbs from adjectives; used to form...
2Proto-West Germanic-ōCreates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent...
3Proto-Germanic-ô-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “haimo”

  • alaheimo
  • barbaariheimo
  • heimo
  • heimolainen
  • hõim
  • hõimkond
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