Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃emh₃-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*h₂emh₃-^[1]

Root

*h₃emh₃-^[2]^[3]

to grab, to grasp, to seize, to take hold, tackle, touch
to swear (an oath)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃emh₃- (10 c, 0 e)

*h₃émh₃-ti ~ *h₃m̥h₃-énti (athematic root present)^[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HámHti
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HámHti
    - Sanskrit: अमीति (ámīti)
- Proto-Italic: *amō^[4]
  - Marrucinian: amatens (“they have received”, 3pl. act. perf.)
  - ⇒ Latin: amō (see there for further descendants)
*h₃m̥-né-h₃-ti ~ *h₃m̥-n-h₃-énti (nasal-infix present)^[1]
- Proto-Hellenic: *ómnūmi
  - Ancient Greek: ὄμνυμι (ómnumi)
*n̥-h₃mh₃-(e)nts^[5]
- Proto-Celtic: *nāmants (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

Proto-Germanic: *ammōną (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hámawants
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (amauuaṇt)
- Sanskrit: अमवत् (amavat)
Sanskrit: अम् (am)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂emh₃-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 265-266
^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “omə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 778
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “amō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 398

[LIV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂emh₃-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 265-266

[2] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “omə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 778

[4] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “amō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39

[5] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 398

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