Where does “כמאַרע” come from?
כמאַרע (Yiddish) comes from Ukrainian хма́ра, from Maltese xmara, from Sicilian ciumi, from Latin Flūmen, from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
כמאַרע (Yiddish): A cloud, chiefly a stormcloud
Definitions
- A cloud, chiefly a stormcloud
Ancestry of “כמאַרע”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ukrainian | хма́ра | cloud |
| 2 | Maltese | xmara | river |
| 3 | Sicilian | ciumi | river |
| 4 | Latin | Flūmen | — |
| 5 | Latin | fluō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |