Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷéh₂mn̥
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *gʷeh₂- (“to step, go”) + *-mn̥ (action noun suffix).
Noun
*gʷéh₂mn̥ n
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | collective | |||
| nominative | *gʷéh₂mn̥ | *gʷéh₂mō | ||
| genitive | *gʷh₂méns | *gʷh₂m̥nés | ||
| singular | dual | plural | collective | |
| nominative | *gʷéh₂mn̥ | *gʷéh₂m̥nih₁ | — | *gʷéh₂mō |
| vocative | *gʷéh₂mn̥ | *gʷéh₂m̥nih₁ | — | *gʷéh₂mō |
| accusative | *gʷéh₂mn̥ | *gʷéh₂m̥nih₁ | — | *gʷéh₂mō |
| genitive | *gʷh₂méns | *? | — | *gʷh₂m̥nés |
| ablative | *gʷh₂méns | *? | — | *gʷh₂m̥nés |
| dative | *gʷh₂méney | *? | — | *gʷh₂m̥néy |
| locative | *gʷh₂mén, *gʷh₂méni | *? | — | *gʷh₂mén, *gʷh₂méni |
| instrumental | *gʷh₂ménh₁ | *? | — | *gʷh₂m̥néh₁ |
Descendants
- Proto-Hellenic: *gʷā́mə
- Ancient Greek: βῆμα (bêma) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gáHma
Further reading
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
- Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 174