cilvēks
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- person, human being a member of the Homo sapiens species, capable of thinking and speaking
- (good) person one who is not insensitive, who is kindhearted, helpful
- (in plural) people an undefined group of men and/or women
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic человѣкъ.
Origin
Old East Slavic
человѣкъ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- homiform English
- Homo sapiens sapiens Latin
- hominaticum Latin
- homo Latin
- бесчеловечный Russian
- нечеловеческий Russian
- обезьяночеловек Russian
- получеловек Russian
- сверхчеловек Russian
- челове́к Russian
- человеколюбие Russian
- человеконенавистник Russian
- человечек Russian
- человеческий Russian
- человечество Russian
- человечий Russian
- человечный Russian
- *čelověkъ Proto-Slavic
- *čьlověkъ Proto-Slavic
- homo Czech
- home Old French
- Hominini Translingual
- coleohominis Translingual
- cilvēce Latvian
- cilvēcisks Latvian
- cilvēciskums Latvian
- cilvēcība Latvian
- cilvēcīgs Latvian
- cilvēcīgums Latvian
- чоловік Ukrainian
- òm Occitan
- *hemō Proto-Italic
- ome Old Occitan
- человѣкъ Old East Slavic
- omu Sicilian
- houme Bourguignon
- omu Corsican
- hemo, hemo#Latin Old Latin
- ombre Aragonese
- clåvăk Polabian
- onme Picard
- чоловік Rusyn