Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/n̥smé

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

Possibly from *n̥s + *mé indicating "us with (the others)".^[1]

Pronoun

*n̥smé^[1]^[2]

accusative of *wéy

Derived terms

*n̥smé-s, *n̥smé-es (newly formed nominative)
- Proto-Celtic: *snīs (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *əsmés
  - Aeolic Greek: ἄμμες (ámmes)
  - Attic Greek: ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs) (from earlier *ἡμέες; aspiration from ὑμεῖς (humeîs, “you (pl.)”))
- ⇒ *més, *mḗs (with apheresis^[1])
  - Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mes
    - Latgalian: mes
    - Latvian: mēs
    - Lithuanian: mẽs
    - Old Prussian: mes
    - Proto-Slavic: *my (influenced by *vy) (see there for further descendants)
  - Proto-Armenian:
    - Old Armenian: մեք (mekʻ)
      - Armenian: մենք (menkʻ)
*n̥sméteros
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἡμέτερος (hēméteros)

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *əsmé
- Aeolic Greek: ἄμμε (ámme)
- Ionic Greek: ἡμέας (hēméas) (with extra acc.pl. ending -ας; aspiration from ὑμεῖς (humeîs, “you (pl.)”))
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *asmá
- ⇒ Proto-Indo-Aryan: *asmā́m (+ *-ám^[1])
  - Sanskrit: अस्मान् (asmā́n) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *ahmá
  - Avestan:
    Old Avestan: 𐬇𐬵𐬨𐬁 (ə̄hmā)
    
    Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬨𐬀 (ahma)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 569-570
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 233