Where does “zemja” come from?

zemja (Upper Sorbian) 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.

zemja (Upper Sorbian): soil, earth, ground

Definitions

  1. soil, earth, ground

Ancestry of “zemja”, 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 →