Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂óǵmos

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 *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”) +‎ *-mos (action noun suffix).

Noun

*h₂óǵmos m^[1]^[2]^[3]

path, way, trajectory
furrow

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*h₂óǵmos
genitive	*h₂óǵmosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂óǵmos	*h₂óǵmoh₁	*h₂óǵmoes
vocative	*h₂óǵme	*h₂óǵmoh₁	*h₂óǵmoes
accusative	*h₂óǵmom	*h₂óǵmoh₁	*h₂óǵmoms
genitive	*h₂óǵmosyo	*?	*h₂óǵmoHom
ablative	*h₂óǵmead	*?	h₂óǵmomos, h₂óǵmobʰos
dative	*h₂óǵmoey	*?	h₂óǵmomos, h₂óǵmobʰos
locative	h₂óǵmey, h₂óǵmoy	*?	*h₂óǵmoysu
instrumental	*h₂óǵmoh₁	*?	*h₂óǵmōys

Descendants

Proto-Celtic: *ogmos
- Old Irish: ogum
  - Middle Irish: ogam
    - Irish: ogham
      - → English: Ogham
Proto-Hellenic: *ógmos
- Ancient Greek: ὄγμος (ógmos)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Háȷ́mas
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háȷ́mas
  - Sanskrit: अज्म (ájma, “course, passage”)

References

^ Calin, Didier (2017) “path”, in Dictionary of Indo-European Poetic and Religious Themes (Linguistique; 3), Les Cent Chemins, →ISBN, page 173
^ Stifter, David (1 May 2020) “Insular Celtic: Ogam”, in Palaeohispanica, number 20, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 855–885
^ 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 1045

[1] Calin, Didier (2017) “path”, in Dictionary of Indo-European Poetic and Religious Themes (Linguistique; 3), Les Cent Chemins, →ISBN, page 173

[2] Stifter, David (1 May 2020) “Insular Celtic: Ogam”, in Palaeohispanica, number 20, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 855–885

[3] 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 1045

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