Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sh₂ómn̥

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

Etymology

From *sh₂em- (“to sing”).

Noun

*sh₂ómn̥ n (non-ablauting)

1. song

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: ῠ̔́μνος (húmnos, “song, hymn, ode”)
• Sanskrit: सामन् (sā́man, “song, tune”)

References

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356