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ζεμελως

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Phrygian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰemelo-, whence also Ancient Greek χθαμαλός (khthamalós, near the ground) and Latin humilis (low). The same Proto-Indo-European root gave both the nouns for "man" and "earth" (Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm); compare Latin homō (human being, man) and humus (ground, soil), and similar semantic shift occurring in Semitic languages: Hebrew אָדָם (adám, man), אדמה (adamá, soil).[1][2]

Noun

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ζεμελως (zemelōs) (dative plural)

  1. human beings

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1997) The language of Phrygians, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, pages 470-471
  2. ^ Obrador-Cursach, Bartomeu (2020) The Phrygian Language (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 139), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, page 246