Where does “zèmlja” come from?

zèmlja (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Semmel, from Middle High German semele, from Old High German semala, from Latin simila, from Aramaic סְמִידָא, from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯.

zèmlja (Serbo-Croatian): Earth

Definitions

  1. Earth

Ancestry of “zèmlja”, step by step

zèmlja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Semmel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSemmelbread roll
2Middle High Germansemelefine flour
3Old High Germansemala—
4Latinsimilawheat flour; second-person singular present...
5Aramaicסְמִידָא—
6Akkadian𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯—

via Serbo-Croatian zemja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianzemjaArchaic and Chakavian form of zèmlja
2Proto-Slaviczemľaearth, soil; land
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*źémijāˀearth
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
5Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
6Proto-Indo-European-mi—

Words derived from “zèmlja”

Every word from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 →Every word from Aramaic סְמִידָא →Every word from Latin simila →