Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵem-

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-EuropeanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

*ǵemH- ^[1]

RootEdit

*ǵem-^[2]

to marry

DescendantsEdit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵem-

*ǵm̥-is (“marriage”)
- Proto-Iranian: *ȷ́ā́miš
  - Avestan: 𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌‎ (zāmi, “giving birth”)
*ǵm̥-rós (“son in law”)^[2]^[1]
- >? Proto-Albanian: *dzanra^[3] (or from *ǵem-tēr)
  - Albanian: dhëndër, dhëndërr; dhandër
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: γαμβρός (gambrós), γαβρός (gabrós), γαμρός (gamrós), γαββρός (gabbrós), γαμερός (gamerós)
    - Greek: γαμπρός (gamprós)
- Proto-Italic: *genros
  - Latin: gener (see there for further descendants)
*ǵm̥-tis (“matrimony”)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: γαμσις (gamsis)
- Proto-Iranian: *ȷ́ā́mtiš
  - Avestan: 𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (zāmiti, “child-birth”)
Unsorted formations:
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: γᾰ́μος (gámos)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ā́mātā (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Sanskrit: जार (ȷ́ā́ra, ȷ́ārá, “suitor, paramour, lover, intimate companion”)
  - Sanskrit: जार्य (jāryá, “intimacy; companionship”)
- >? Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Sanskrit: जाया (jāyā́, “wife”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Sanskrit: जामि (ȷ́āmí, “female relative; daughter-in-law; consanguinity”)

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “dhëndër ~ dhandër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 82

[beekes-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259

[devaan-2] 2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258

[3] Orel, Vladimir (1998), “dhëndër ~ dhandër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 82

[1]

[2]

[3]