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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/nem-
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology 1
Possibly related to *h₁em- (“to take, to distribute”).
Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem- (25 c, 0 e)
- *ném-e-ti (thematic root present)
- *nom-éh₂
- Proto-Hellenic: *nomā́
- Ancient Greek: νομή (nomḗ, “pasture”)
- Proto-Hellenic: *nomā́
- *ném-es-o-s
- Proto-Italic: *nomezos
- Latin: numerus (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *nomezos
- *nem-es-eh₂
- Proto-Hellenic: *nemehā
- Ancient Greek: Νεμέα (Neméa)
- Proto-Hellenic: *nemehā
- *nóm-o-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *nómos
- Ancient Greek: νόμος (nómos, “custom, law”)
- Proto-Hellenic: *nómos
- *nom-ó-s
- *ném-tis ~ *nm̥-téys
- Proto-Germanic: *numþiz (see there for further descendants)
- Unsorted formations:
Etymology 2
From Etymology 1, with semantic shift "to distribute" > "to worship, sacrifice" > "to bend".[1]
Derived terms
- *ném-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *námati (“to bow”) (see there for further descendants)
- *ném-os ~ *ném-es-os (see there for further descendants)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 763, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 763
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 764, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 764
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