Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/léymō

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 *ley- (“to flow, pour, stream”) +‎ *-mṓ (agentive nominal suffix).

Noun

*léymō m[1]

  1. lake

Inflection

Ancient Greek λῐ́μνη (lĭ́mnē) implies a zero grade *limn-, which violates regular PIE sonorant syllabification rules. Taking Ancient Greek λῐ́μνη (lĭ́mnē) at face value produces the following paradigm:

Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *léymō
genitive *li‌m‌nés
singular dual plural
nominative *léymō *léymonh₁(e) *léymones
vocative *léymon *léymonh₁(e) *léymones
accusative *léymonm̥ *léymonh₁(e) *léymonm̥s
genitive *li‌m‌nés *? *li‌m‌nóHom
ablative *li‌m‌nés *? *li‌m‌n̥mós, *li‌m‌n̥bʰós
dative *li‌m‌néy *? *li‌m‌n̥mós, *li‌m‌n̥bʰós
locative *limén, *liméni *? *li‌m‌n̥sú
instrumental *li‌m‌néh₁ *? *li‌m‌n̥mís, *li‌m‌n̥bʰís

Under normal syllabification rules, this word should inflect as:

Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *léymō
genitive *l̥ym̥nés
singular dual plural
nominative *léymō *léymonh₁(e) *léymones
vocative *léymon *léymonh₁(e) *léymones
accusative *léymonm̥ *léymonh₁(e) *léymonm̥s
genitive *l̥ym̥nés *? *l̥ym̥nóHom
ablative *l̥ym̥nés *? *limn̥mós, *limn̥bʰós
dative *l̥ym̥néy *? *limn̥mós, *limn̥bʰós
locative *limén, *liméni *? *limn̥sú
instrumental *l̥ym̥néh₁ *? *limn̥mís, *limn̥bʰís

Descendants

  • Proto-Hellenic: *léymō
    • Ancient Greek: λειμών (leimṓn)
    • Ancient Greek: λιμήν (limḗn) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Ancient Greek: λῐ́μνη (lĭ́mnē) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tocharian: *lyëmë

References

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