𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸

Hittite

𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸
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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (to imitate), cognate with Latin imāgō f (image, imitation) and Latin imitor (to imitate).[1]

Noun

𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 • (ḫi-im-ma-aš /ḫimmaš/) c

  1. imitation, substitute, replica

Inflection

References

  1. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “ḫimma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
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