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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃lemH-

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

*h₃lemH-[1]

  1. weak, broken, soft; to break

Derived terms
  • *h₃lomH-éyeti
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *lamīˀtei
      • Proto-Slavic: *lomìti (“to break”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₃lomH-io-[2]
    • (possibly) >? Latin: lanius (“butcher”)[2]
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Germanic: *lamaz (“lame; defective”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *lémešis (“plough”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Middle Irish: lem (“soft, tender, weak, powerless, impotent”)
      • Irish: leamh (“soft; weak”)
    • Welsh: llefrith (“milk”)
    • Ancient Greek: νωλεμέως (nōleméōs, “unceasingly; firmly”)

References
  1. Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2023) “*h₃lemH-”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²‎
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lanius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326
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