Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱóm

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

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Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Perhaps from *ḱe.

Adverb

*ḱóm

1. beside, near, by, with

Usage notes

Has combining form *ḱó-.

Derived terms

• *ḱm̥-th₂
  • Hellenic: *kətá
    • Ancient Greek: κατά (katá)
• *ḱm̥-ti
  • Hellenic: *kətí
    • Ancient Greek: καί (kaí), κασί(γνητος) (kasí(gnētos))

      Cypriot Greek: κάς (kás)

• *ḱóm-tis
  • Hellenic: *kətis
    • Ancient Greek: κάσις (kásis)
• *ḱom-yós
  • Hellenic: *koňňós
    • Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinós)
• *ḱómteros
  • Italic: *kontrā
    • Latin: contrā

Descendants

• Balto-Slavic: *śun
  • Lithuanian: sù (with unexpected depalatalization of *ś)
  • Slavic: *sъ(n)
• Celtic: *kom-
  • Old Irish: com-, cummae (< *ḱóm-smiyo-)
    • Irish: comh-, cuma
    • Manx: co-
    • Scottish Gaelic: co-, coma
  • Breton: ken-
  • Cornish: kev-
  • Welsh: cyf-, cyn-
• Germanic: *ga- (< *ḱó-)
• Italic: *kom
  • Latin: cum, com-
  • Oscan: kúm, comono (< *ḱómno-)
  • Umbrian: kumne (< *ḱómno-)
• Tocharian B: ankānmi (< *ḱómno-)

See also

• *me

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 612