Κιμμέριοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing from Scythian *gamīra-, *gmīra- (“mobile unit”),[1] or from Scythian *gaya-mira- (“union of clans”).[2] Cognate with Neo-Assyrian 𒆳𒄀𒂇𒊏𒀀𒀀 (Gimirrāya). Compare Old Armenian Գամիրք (Gamirkʻ) and Biblical Hebrew גֹּמֶר (Gomer).

Proper noun

Κιμμέριοι • (Kimmérioi) m (genitive Κιμμερίων); third declension

  1. Cimmerians, an ancient people from the steppes who later invaded Asia Minor.

Descendants

  • → Latin: Cimmerii

References

  1. ^ Sergey Tokhtasyev (1991) “CIMMERIANS”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
  2. ^ Harmatta, János (1996) “10.4.1. The Scythians”, in Joachim Hermann, Sigfried de Laet, editors, History of Humanity, volume 3, UNESCO, →ISBN, page 181

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