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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃emh₃-

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *h₂emh₃-[1]

Root

*h₃emh₃-[2][3]

  1. to grab, to grasp, to seize, to take hold, tackle, touch
  2. to swear (an oath)

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃emh₃-
  • *h₃émh₃-ti ~ *h₃m̥h₃-énti (athematic root present)[1]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HámHti
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HámHti
        • Sanskrit: अमीति (ámīti)
    • >? Proto-Italic: *amāō[4]
      • Latin: amō (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₃m̥-né-h₃-ti ~ *h₃m̥-n-h₃-énti (nasal-infix present)[1]
    • Proto-Hellenic: *ómnumi
    • Proto-Germanic: *ammōną (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂emh₃-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 265-266
  2. Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “omə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 778
  4. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “amō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
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