Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱóm

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

Etymology

Perhaps from *ḱe.

Adverb

*ḱóm

1. beside, near, by, with

Usage notes

Has combining form *ḱó-.

Derived terms

• *ḱm̥-th₂
  • Proto-Hellenic: *kətá
    • Ancient Greek: κατά (katá)
• *ḱm̥-ti
  • Proto-Hellenic: *kətí
    • Ancient Greek: καί (kaí), κασί(γνητος) (kasí(gnētos))

      Cypriot Greek: κάς (kás)

• *ḱóm-tis
  • Proto-Hellenic: *kətis
    • Ancient Greek: κάσις (kásis)
• *ḱom-yós
  • Proto-Hellenic: *koňňós
    • Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinós)
• *ḱómteros
  • Proto-Italic: *kontrā
    • Latin: contrā

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *śun
  • Lithuanian: su, sù (with unexpected depalatalization of *ś)
  • Proto-Slavic: *sъ(n)
• Proto-Celtic: *kom-
  • Old Irish: com-, cummae (< *ḱóm-)
    • Irish: comh-, cuma
    • Manx: co-
    • Scottish Gaelic: co-, coma
  • Breton: ken-
  • Cornish: kev-
  • Welsh: cyf-, cyn-
• Proto-Germanic: *ga- (< *ḱó-)
• Proto-Italic: *kom
  • Latin: cum, com-
  • Oscan: kúm, comono (< *ḱómno-)
  • Umbrian: kumne (< *ḱómno-)
• Tocharian B: ankānmi (< *ḱómno-)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Hittite: [script needed] (kattan)

See also

• *me

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 612