Where does “nimeni” come from?
nimeni (Romanian) comes from Latin nemo, from Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.
nimeni (Romanian): no one, nobody
Ancestry of “nimeni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | nemo | nobody, no one, no man |
| 2 | Latin | hemō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |