zima
Slovak
/ˈzima/
noun
Definitions
- winter
- very cold weather (regardless of the season)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zima inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰéyōm
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hiems Latin
- зима Russian
- χιών Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰeymeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰéyōm Proto-Indo-European
- zima Polish
- *zima Proto-Slavic
- zima Czech
- zima Serbo-Croatian
- зима Serbo-Croatian
- ziema Latvian
- ձիւն Old Armenian
- зима Bulgarian
- зима Macedonian
- зима Ukrainian
- *ȷ́ʰimás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- зіма Belarusian
- zima Slovene
- зима Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- žiema Lithuanian
- zyma Lower Sorbian
- *źeimā́ˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- zyma Upper Sorbian
- zëma Kashubian
- 𒄀𒈠𒀭 Hittite