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Where does “putʰmḗn” come from?

putʰmḗn (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

putʰmḗn (Proto-Hellenic): bottom

Definitions

  1. bottom

Ancestry of “putʰmḗn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “putʰmḗn”

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