Where does “zêmja” come from?

zêmja (Slovincian) comes from Proto-Slavic *zemľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

zêmja (Slovincian): ground, soil, earth

Definitions

  1. ground, soil, earth

Ancestry of “zêmja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*zemľàearth, soil
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*źémijāˀearth
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
4Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
5Proto-Indo-European-mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →