Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hemō

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 edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *xemō (to differentiate it from a later form *hemō if the shift */x/ > */h/ in the Italic languages already happened during late Proto-Italic), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ.

Noun edit

*hemō m^[1]

man

Declension edit

consonant stemDeclension of *hemō (consonant stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	*hemō	*hemones
vocative	*hemō	*hemones
accusative	*hemonem	*hemonens
genitive	*hemones, hemonos	*hemonom
dative	*hemonei	*hemonəβos
ablative	*hemoni? hemone?	*hemonəβos
locative	*hemoni? hemone?	*hemonəβos

Derived terms edit

*ne hemō (“nobody”)
- Latin: nēmō
- >? South Picene: 𐌍𐌄𐌌𐌞𐌍𐌄𐌝 (nemúneí, dat. sg.)

Descendants edit

Latin: homō (see there for further descendants)
Osco-Umbrian:
- Oscan: 𐌇𐌖𐌌𐌖𐌍𐌔 (humuns)
- Umbrian: homonus

References edit

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “homō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 287-288

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “homō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 287-288

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