English
hiemation
Hiemation comes from Latin hiemātiō ‘a passing of the winter, hiemation, hibernation’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰey-‘winter’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰéyōm‘winter’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hiem-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiems‘winter, rainy season’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiemō‘to winter, pass the winter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiemātiō‘a passing of the winter, hiemation, hibernation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1914hiemation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰey-‘winter’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰéyōm‘winter’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hiem-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiems‘winter, rainy season’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiemō‘to winter, pass the winter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiemātiō‘a passing of the winter, hiemation, hibernation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1914hiemation
Earliest quotation: 1914, Mack Stauffer, Humanity and the Mysterious Knight: “The biting November winds told the season had come…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- ‘winter’
gore, chimera, goad, hibernate, hibernation, ahimsa, 12 more
Today it means
noun Hibernation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- / hiemation