Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/kūmə

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱúh₁mn̥, from the root *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”) +‎ *-mn̥; equivalent to *kū- +‎ *-mə.[1] Compare Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios), Latin cumulus, cavus.

Noun

*kūmə n

  1. swell, wave

Inflection

N-stem, neuter
singular dual plural
nominative *kū́mə *kū́mne, -əte *kū́mna, -əta
vocative *kū́mə *kū́mne, -əte *kū́mna, -əta
accusative *kū́mə *kū́mne, -əte *kū́mna, -əta
genitive *kū́mnos, -ətos *? *kū́mnōn, -ətōn
dative *kū́mnei, -ətei *? *kū́məpʰi
locative *kū́mni, -əti *? *kū́məhi
instrumental *? *? *kū́məpʰi

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: κῦμα (kûma)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κῦμα, -ατος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 801

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