Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/yemH-

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

Root edit

*yemH-^[1]^[2]^[3]

twin

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *yemH-‎ (3 c, 0 e)

*yémH-o-s^[1]
*imH-yo-s^[2]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *imˀjas
  - Latvian: jùmis (“pair”)
*yemH-no-s^[1]
- Proto-Celtic: *yemonos (“twin”)
  - Old Irish: emon
- Proto-Italic: *jemanos
  - Latin: geminus (“twin”) (g < j by analogy with genus)
*ym̥H-yó-s^[2]
- Proto-Germanic: *jumjaz (“divine twin?”)
  - Old Norse: Ymir

Unsorted formations:

Proto-Albanian: *jūmatjā
- Albanian: gjysmë

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “geminus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*jumja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yemono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435

[De_vaan_1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “geminus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256

[Kroonen_1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*jumja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274

[Matasovich_1-3] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yemono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435

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