Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sem-

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

    Root

    *sem-

    1. together, one

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem- (52 c, 0 e)
    • *sḗm (one)
    • *sm̥- (one)
    • *sēm-i (half)
    • *sem-ǵʰo-
      • Proto-Albanian: *semdza
      • Proto-Italic: *senɣeloi
    • *som-[1][2]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sam- (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *sam-
        • Old Norse: sam- (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sam- (see there for further descendants)
    • *ḱóm-som-?
      • >? Proto-Hellenic: *ksun (possibly)
    • *som-H-ós (same)
    • *sem-h₁ (couple, dual)
      • *sm̥-h₁-o- (a couple", a few)
        • Proto-Germanic: *sumaz (some, certain) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
    • *sem-h₂-lo-
      • Proto-Celtic: *samal (like, as)
      • Proto-Germanic: *simlê (ever, always) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Proto-Italic:
        • Latin: similis (see there for further descendants)
        • Latin: simul (see there for further descendants)
        • Latin: insimul (see there for further descendants)
    • *sm̥- (compounding stem)
    • *sm̥-kŕ̥t (one time)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sakŕ̥t (see there for further descendants)
    • *sm̥-ló-m (or with *h₂el- (ale)?)
      • >? Proto-Germanic: *sumlą > *sumblą (gathering) (see there for further descendants)
    • *sm̥mo-
    • *sḿ̥-teros (one of the two)[3]
      • Proto-Celtic: *santeros (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *hə́teros
        • Ancient Greek: ἕτερος (héteros)
          Aeolic Greek: ἄτερος (áteros)
          Doric Greek: ἅτερος (háteros), ὥτερος (hṓteros)
    • *sem-kʷih₁- (with *kʷyeh₁-)
      • Proto-Armenian: *hangi-
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sam-čyaH-
        • Proto-Iranian: *ham-čyaH-
          • Alanic:
            • Ossetian: ӕнцад (æncad, quiet, tranquil)
          • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (hncy-, to rest, repose)
          • Proto-Sogdic:
            • Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾncʾy, to stay, remain)
    • Unsorted formations:

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*sem-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 903
    2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*som-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 646
    3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*somo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 351

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