Κίμβρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Of Proto-Indo-European origin, but whether the name came through Celtic or Germanic is uncertain; possibly from *tḱim-ro- (inhabitant), from *tḱoi-m- (home), a derivation of *tḱey- (to settle, to live).[1] Probably from the same ultimate source as Himmerland, a peninsula in Jutland, Denmark, the region where the people are thought to originate. Perhaps related to Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios, Cimmerian). Not etymologically related to Welsh Cymry.[2] More at Cimbri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Κίμβρος (Kímbrosm (genitive Κίμβρου); second declension

  1. an individual member of the Cimbri; a Cimbrian

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Κίμβρος (Kímvros)
  • Latin: Cimbrī (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
  1. ^ Vasmer, Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 1958, vol. 3, p. 62; Z. Gołąb, "About the connection between kinship terms and some ethnica in Slavic", International Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Poetics 25-26 (1982) 166-7
  2. ^ C. T. Onions and R. W. Burchfield, eds. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, 1966, s. v. Cymry; Webster's Third New International Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 2002: 321.