Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/némos
Proto-Indo-European edit
Etymology edit
From *nem- (“to bend”) + *-os.
Noun edit
Inflection edit
Athematic, acrostatic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *némos | ||
genitive | *némesos | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *némos | *némesih₁ | *némōs |
vocative | *némos | *némesih₁ | *némōs |
accusative | *némos | *némesih₁ | *némōs |
genitive | *némesos | *? | *némesoHom |
ablative | *némesos | *? | *némesmos |
dative | *némesey | *? | *némesmos |
locative | *némes, *némesi | *? | *némesu |
instrumental | *némesh₁ | *? | *némesmis |
Descendants edit
- Proto-Hellenic: *némos
- Ancient Greek: νέμος (némos)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *námas (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *nemos
- Latin: nemus (“wood, forest”)
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 764, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 764