Reconstruction:Thracian/zelmis
Thracian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-[1]. Cognate with Dacian *zalmo, Lithuanian želmuõ, želmeñs (“plant, sprout”), and Latvian zel̂me (“vigorous, opulent growth”)[2]. Compare with the Latvian hydronym Zelmin and the Lithuanian toponyms Želmenų káimas, Želmeniškių káimas, and Žalmiškių káimas.
Adjective
edit*zelmis
- descendant
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1969) Thrakisch-dakische Studien [Thracian-Dacian Studies][1] (in German), Verlag der Bulgarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 78
- ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians][2] (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 57, 87