ζεμελως

Phrygian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰemelo-, whence also Ancient Greek χθαμαλός (khthamalós, “near the ground”) and Latin humilis (“low”). 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”).

Noun

ζεμελως (zemelōs) (dative plural)

  1. man
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