Where does “алма́з” come from?
алма́з (Russian) comes from Tatar алмаз, from Persian الماس, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
алма́з (Russian): diamond
Ancestry of “алма́з”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tatar | алмаз | — |
| 2 | Persian | الماس | diamond |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “алма́з”