Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hemō

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ, perhaps via a phonetic by-form *ǵʰm̥mṓ reflected also in Germanic.

    Noun

    *hemō m[1]

    1. man

    Declension

    Declension of *hemō (consonant stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *hemō *hemones
    vocative *hemō *hemones
    accusative *hemonem *hemonens
    genitive *hemones, hemonos *hemonom
    dative *hemonei *hemonβos
    ablative *hemoni? hemone? *hemonβos
    locative *hemoni? hemone? *hemonβos

    Derived terms

    • *ne hemō (“nobody”)
      • Latin: nēmō
      • >? South Picene: 𐌍𐌄𐌌𐌞𐌍𐌄𐌝 (nemúneí, dat. sg.)

    Descendants

    • Old Latin: hemō
      • Latin: homō (see there for further descendants)
    • Osco-Umbrian:
      • Oscan: 𐌇𐌖𐌌𐌖𐌍𐌔 (humuns)
      • Umbrian: homonus

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “homō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 287-288
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