Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/némos

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 *nem- (“to bend”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*némos n[1][2]

  1. bowing, bending
  2. sacrifice, worship
  3. place of sacrifice, clearing

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *némos
genitive *némesos
singular dual plural
nominative *némos *némesih₁ *némōs
vocative *némos *némesih₁ *némōs
accusative *némos *némesih₁ *némōs
genitive *némesos *? *némesoHom
ablative *némesos *? *némesmos, *némesbʰos
dative *némesey *? *némesmos, *némesbʰos
locative *némes, *némesi *? *némesu
instrumental *némesh₁ *? *némesmis, *némesbʰis

Descendants

  • Proto-Hellenic: *némos
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *námas (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *nemos
    • Latin: nemus (“wood, forest”)

References

  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
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “764”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 764
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