αἷμαhaima
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Root
tsinga
sinew, tendon, vein; the cord of the body, that which binds flesh and carries blood
Greek aima traces to Shona tsinga, the body cord that binds and bleeds
- Confidence
- 54/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- αἷμαAncient Greek
The consensus position
Mainstream comparative linguistics treats αἷμα as of unknown origin: Frisk and Chantraine both mark it unexplained, Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek substrate word on the strength of the -μα/-ματος neuter type, and the inherited Indo-European term for blood, *h₁esh₂r-, survives in Greek only as marginal ἔαρ. No relation to any Bantu language is recognised.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 8 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.
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Elsewhere in the corpus
- Pelagiaparato spread out, to lay out flat, to clear a surface level
- Kérberoskerekato be smeared, streaked, marked with dirt; causative kerekedza, to streak or daub
- ἀποκτείνω-tekanato be cut off, be broken off, be severed, to snap
- μάχαιραmhakamatter, case, dispute, cause of quarrel; fault, blame, the grounds on which one is answerable
- βλασφημία-bvato come out, to issue forth; in the derived bvuma, to give voice, to assent
- Theosmutsakindness, favour, mercy