Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃emh₃-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

  • *h₂emh₃-[1]

Root edit

*h₃emh₃-[2][3]

  1. to grab, to grasp, to seize, to take hold, tackle, touch
  2. to swear (an oath)

Derived terms edit

  • *h₃émh₃-ti ~ *h₃m̥h₃-énti (athematic root present)[1]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HámHti
    • >? Proto-Italic: *amāō[4]
      • Latin: amō (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₃m̥-né-h₃-ti ~ *h₃m̥-n-h₃-énti (nasal-infix present)[1]
Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Germanic: *ammōną (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂emh₃-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 265-266
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “omə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 778
  4. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “amō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39