Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/léymō

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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 *ley- (to flow, pour, stream) +‎ *-mō (agentive nominal suffix).

Noun[edit]

*léymō m[1]

  1. lake

Inflection[edit]

Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *léymō
genitive *l̥ym̥nés
singular dual plural
nominative *léymō *léymonh₁(e) *léymones
vocative *léymon *léymonh₁(e) *léymones
accusative *léymonm̥ *léymonh₁(e) *léymonm̥s
genitive *l̥ym̥nés *? *l̥ym̥nóHom
ablative *l̥ym̥nés *? *limn̥mós
dative *l̥ym̥néy *? *limn̥mós
locative *limén, *liméni *? *limn̥sú
instrumental *l̥ym̥néh₁ *? *limn̥mís

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Hellenic: *léymō
    • Ancient Greek: λειμών (leimṓn)
    • Ancient Greek: λιμήν (limḗn) (see there for further descendants)
    • Ancient Greek: λῐ́μνη (límnē) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tocharian: *lyëmë

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