Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sēmi

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 *sem- (“one”) + locative suffix *-i. The meaning developed from "(in) one" > "one of the two" > "half".^[1]

Adverb

*sēmi^[2]^[1]

Descendants

Proto-Germanic: *sēmi-
- Proto-West Germanic: *sāmi-, *sām-
  - Old English: sām-
    - Middle English: sam-
      - English: sam
  - Old Saxon: sām-
  - Old Dutch: sām-
  - Old High German: sāmi-
Proto-Hellenic: *hēmi-
- Ancient Greek: ἡμι- (hēmi-)
  - Greek: ημι- (imi-)
  - → English: hemi-
  - → French: hémi-
  - → Spanish: hemi-
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sāmí
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sāmí
  - Sanskrit: सामि (sāmí)
Proto-Italic: *sēmi-
- Latin: sēmi-, sē-, sēm-, sin-
  - → English: semi-, semi
  - → French: semi-
  - → Italian: semi-
  - → Portuguese: semi-
  - → Spanish: semi-

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sēmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553
^ 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 679-681

[EDL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sēmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553

[2] 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 679-681

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