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Reconstruction:Thracian/Ziselmis

This Thracian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Thracian

Etymology

From *zis (“a deity, a god”) +‎ *zelmis (“descendant”), thus "descendant of the god" (c.f. *Dizazelmis).[1][2]

Proper noun

*Ziselmis

  1. a male given name

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: Ζισέλμιος (Zisélmios)
    • Greek: Ζισέλμιος (Zisélmios)
    • → Latin: Ziselmius

References
  1. Vladimir I. Georgiev (1977) Траките И Техният Език [The Thracians and their Language]‎ (in Bulgarian), Изд-во на Българската академия на науките, page 93
  2. Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1969) Thrakisch-dakische Studien [Thracian-Dacian Studies]‎ (in German), Verlag der Bulgarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 78
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