himin

Faroese

[ˈhiːmɪn]

noun
Definitions
  • a sky, the heavens
  • (in the plural) heaven, paradise

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse himinn (heaven, sky) inherited from Proto-Germanic *heminaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō (stone, rock, heaven, cloud).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂éḱmō

Gloss

stone, rock, heaven, cloud

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Classifier

Kanji

岩, 巌

Emoji
🗿 🪨

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms