From Proto-Italic *hiem-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm or similar. Cognate with Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”), χεῖμα (kheîma, “winter, storm”), χειμών (kheimṓn, “winter, storm”), Persian زمستان (zemestân), Albanian dimër, Welsh gaeaf, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Hittite 𒄀𒈠𒀭 (gi-ma-an /giman/), Armenian ձմեռ (jmeṙ), and Proto-Slavic *zima.
Practica parlar i memoritzar " hiems " i moltes altres paraules i frases a llatí .