Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Seɣomō

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

Derived by Osthoff, and also coincidentally Weiss, from the root Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to take hold, overpower”).

Proper noun

*Seɣomō m

1. Semo, an Italic god

Declension

consonant stemDeclension of *Seɣomō (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*Seɣomō	*Seɣomōnes
vocative	*Seɣomō	*Seɣomōnes
accusative	*Seɣomōnem	*Seɣomōnens
genitive	*Seɣomōnes, Seɣomōnos	*Seɣomōnom
dative	*Seɣomōnei	*Seɣomōnβos
ablative	*Seɣomōni? Seɣomōne?	*Seɣomōnβos
locative	*Seɣomōni? Seɣomōne?	*Seɣomōnβos

Reconstruction notes

The traditional relation to *séh₁mn̥ (“seed”) (whence also Latin sēmen (“seed”)) is untenable due to two factors:

• There is no unambiguous religious evidence of Italic peoples connecting the god with seeds.
• The "seed" etymology is also phonologically impossible for the Oscan form since the regular outcome of Proto-Italic *ē is 𐌝(𐌝) (í(í)), not the 𐌄𐌄 (ee) that actually appears in the god's name.

Descendants

• Latin: Sēmō
• Oscan: 𐌔𐌄𐌄𐌌𐌖𐌍𐌄𐌝 (seemuneí, dat. sg.)
• Paelignian: semunu (gen.pl.)