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Halmeu
Halmeu comes from Hungarian Halmi, from halom ‘heap, pile’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hmos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kl̥Hmosreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hulmaz‘small island, hill, mound’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xъlmъ‘hill’reconstructed
- Hungarianmodernhalom‘heap, pile’
- Hungarian, derivedmodernHalmi
- Romanianc. 1500–presentHalmeu
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kl̥Hmosreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hulmaz‘small island, hill, mound’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xъlmъ‘hill’reconstructed
- Hungarianmodernhalom‘heap, pile’
- Hungarian, derivedmodernHalmi
- Romanianc. 1500–presentHalmeu
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelH- ‘to rise’
hill, excellent, colonel, column, excellence, excellency, culmination, hale, excelsior, culminate, colonnade, columella, holme, 7 more
through Proto-Germanic *hulmaz ‘small island, hill, mound’
Today it means
name A village and commune of Satu Mare County, Romania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hmos / Halmeu