Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dṓm

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *dem- (to build) +‎ *-s (root nominal suffix).

Noun[edit]

*dṓm f[1]

  1. home
  2. house

Declension[edit]

Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *dṓm
genitive *déms
singular dual plural
nominative *dṓm *dómh₁(e) *dómes
vocative *dóm *dómh₁(e) *dómes
accusative *dṓm *dómh₁(e) *dómm̥s
genitive *déms *? *démoHom
ablative *déms *? *démmos
dative *démey *? *démmos
locative *dém, *démi *? *démsu
instrumental *démh₁ *? *démmis

Derived terms[edit]

  • *déms pótis
  • *dom-u-s (with thematisation)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *damús (see there for further descendants)
  • *dom-o-s (with thematisation)
  • *dōm-o-s (vṛddhi-derivative)
    • Proto-Celtic: *dāmos
      • Proto-Brythonic: *dọβ̃ (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Celtic: *dāmā
        • Old Irish: dám (see there for further descendants)

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN