Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁em-

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

Etymology

Possibly related to *nem- (to take or give one's due).

Root

*h₁em-

  1. to take
  2. to distribute

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁em- (11 c, 0 e)
  • *h₂po-h₁ém-os (taken off)
    • Proto-Italic: *poomos (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₁em-é-ti (thematic present) / *h₁ém-t ~ h₁m̥-ént (athematic aorist)?
  • *h₁eh₁óme?[2]
    • Proto-Italic: *ēmai (or maybe from a Narten-type present)[3][4]
Unsorted formations

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 188-189
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 236
  3. ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2012), “Long-Vowel Preterites in Indo-European”, in Melchert, C., editor, The Indo-European Verb, pages 2-3
  4. ^ Leppänen, Ville (2018-05-17) Ablaut and the Latin verb: aspects of morphophonological change (Thesis)‎[1] (in German), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, pages 34-35