The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ser-“to bind, put together”
- substrate · derived from
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἙρμῆς
- English todayHermes
From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate origin or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekἙρμῆς all →
hermhermeo-
Proto-Indo-European*ser- all →
seriesinsertheroobserveconciergesorcererSerbsorceryheresyberserksarksortieberserkerHeratdiaeresissereseracensorcellirenic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.