Κίμβρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Proto-Indo-European origin, but whether the name came through Celtic or Germanic is uncertain; possibly from *tḱim-ro- (“inhabitant”), from *tḱoi-m- (“home”), a derivation of *tḱey- (“to settle, to live”).^[1] Probably from the same ultimate source as Himmerland, a peninsula in Jutland, Denmark, the region where the people are thought to originate. Perhaps related to Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios, “Cimmerian”). Not etymologically related to Welsh Cymry.^[2]^[3] More at Cimbri.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kím.bros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkim.bros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcim.bros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcim.bros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcim.bros/

Noun

Κίμβρος • (Kímbros) m (genitive Κίμβρου); second declension

an individual member of the Cimbri; a Cimbrian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κῐ́μβρος; τοῦ Κῐ́μβρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κῐ́μβρος ho Kĭ́mbros	τὼ Κῐ́μβρω tṑ Kĭ́mbrō	οἱ Κῐ́μβροι hoi Kĭ́mbroi
Genitive	τοῦ Κῐ́μβρου toû Kĭ́mbrou	τοῖν Κῐ́μβροιν toîn Kĭ́mbroin	τῶν Κῐ́μβρων tôn Kĭ́mbrōn
Dative	τῷ Κῐ́μβρῳ tōî Kĭ́mbrōi	τοῖν Κῐ́μβροιν toîn Kĭ́mbroin	τοῖς Κῐ́μβροις toîs Kĭ́mbrois
Accusative	τὸν Κῐ́μβρον tòn Kĭ́mbron	τὼ Κῐ́μβρω tṑ Kĭ́mbrō	τοὺς Κῐ́μβρους toùs Kĭ́mbrous
Vocative	Κῐ́μβρε Kĭ́mbre	Κῐ́μβρω Kĭ́mbrō	Κῐ́μβροι Kĭ́mbroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Κιμβρικός (Kimbrikós)

Descendants

Greek: Κίμβρος (Kímvros)
→ Latin: Cimbrī (see there for further descendants)

References

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006

^ Vasmer, Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 1958, vol. 3, p. 62; Z. Gołąb, "About the connection between kinship terms and some ethnica in Slavic", International Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Poetics 25-26 (1982) 166-7
^ Onions, C[harles] T., Friedrichsen, G. W. S., and Burchfield, R[obert] W., editors (1966), “Cymric”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 240; reprinted 1994.
^ Webster's Third New International Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 2002: 321.

[1] Vasmer, Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 1958, vol. 3, p. 62; Z. Gołąb, "About the connection between kinship terms and some ethnica in Slavic", International Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Poetics 25-26 (1982) 166-7

[2] Onions, C[harles] T., Friedrichsen, G. W. S., and Burchfield, R[obert] W., editors (1966), “Cymric”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 240; reprinted 1994.

[3] Webster's Third New International Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 2002: 321.

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