Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵénh₁mn̥

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

From *ǵenh₁- (“to produce; to beget, give birth”) +‎ *-mn̥ (action or result suffix).

Noun

*ǵénh₁mn̥ n^[1]

offspring, seed

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular	collective
nominative	*ǵénh₁mn̥	*ǵénh₁mō
genitive	*ǵn̥h₁méns	*ǵn̥h₁m̥nés
	singular	dual	plural	collective
nominative	*ǵénh₁mn̥	*ǵénh₁m̥nih₁	—	*ǵénh₁mō
vocative	*ǵénh₁mn̥	*ǵénh₁m̥nih₁	—	*ǵénh₁mō
accusative	*ǵénh₁mn̥	*ǵénh₁m̥nih₁	—	*ǵénh₁mō
genitive	*ǵn̥h₁méns	*?	—	*ǵn̥h₁m̥nés
ablative	*ǵn̥h₁méns	*?	—	*ǵn̥h₁m̥nés
dative	*ǵn̥h₁méney	*?	—	*ǵn̥h₁m̥néy
locative	ǵn̥h₁mén, ǵn̥h₁méni	*?	—	ǵn̥h₁mén, ǵn̥h₁méni
instrumental	*ǵn̥h₁ménh₁	*?	—	*ǵn̥h₁m̥néh₁

Descendants

Proto-Celtic: *genaman, *genan (dissimilated)
- Old Irish: gein
- ⇒ Middle Irish: genemain
  - Irish: giniúint
Proto-Italic: *genamen
- Latin: genimen, germen (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ánHma
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́ánHma
  - Sanskrit: जनिमन् (jániman), जन्मन् (jánman), जन्म (janmá) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *ȷ́ánHma
  - Pashto: جميا (ǰamyā, “rape seed”)
  - Iranian Persian: جنم (ǰanam, “seed, origin; nature, essence; being, existence”)

References

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

[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

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