χεῖμα
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- winter
- frost, cold
- storm, tempest
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeym- (winter, snow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰeym-
Gloss
winter, snow
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
冬
Emoji
⛄️ ⛷️ 🎿 🏂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chionophile English
- hiemation English
- hibernus Latin
- hiemalis Latin
- hiems Latin
- chio German
- χίμαρος Ancient Greek
- χείμαστρον Ancient Greek
- χειμών Ancient Greek
- χιόνινος Ancient Greek
- χιών Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰeym- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰéyōm Proto-Indo-European
- हिम Sanskrit
- हिमवत् Sanskrit
- *zima Proto-Slavic
- हिम Hindi
- หิมะ Thai
- cynhaeaf Welsh
- gaeaf Welsh
- gaeafau Welsh
- gaeafgysgu Welsh
- gaeafoedd Welsh
- hima Pali
- *ȷ́ʰimás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- зима Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *źʰimás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ⲭⲓⲱⲛ Coptic
- gwav Cornish
- gwâv Cornish
- இமம் Tamil
- ຫິມະ Lao
- ಹಿಮ Kannada
- jiv Romani
- gayaf Middle Welsh
- हिउँ Nepali
- 𒄀𒈠𒀭 Hittite
- ᱦᱤᱢ Santali
- හිම Sinhala, Sinhalese
- goyf Old Cornish