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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sem-

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

*sem-

  1. together, one

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-‎ (34 c, 0 e)
  • *sḗm (“one”)
  • *sm̥- (“one”)
  • *sēm-i (“half”)
  • *sem-ǵʰo-
    • Proto-Albanian: *semdza
    • Proto-Italic: *senɣeloi
  • *som-[1][2]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sam- (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sam- (see there for further descendants)
  • *ḱóm-som-?
    • >? Proto-Hellenic: *ksun (possibly)
      • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀓𐀱 (ku-su)
      • Ancient Greek: σύν (sún), ξύν (xún); σούν (soún) (see there for further descendants)
  • *som-H-ós (“same”)
  • *sem-h₁ (“couple”, dual)
    • *sm̥-h₁-o- (“a couple", a few”)
      • Proto-Germanic: *sumaz (“some, certain”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: ἁμός (hamós), ἁμῆ (hamê), ἅμα (háma), ἅμ’ (hám’); ἁμᾶ (hamâ)
  • *sem-h₂-lo-
    • Proto-Celtic: *samal (“like, as”)
    • Proto-Germanic: *simlê (“ever, always”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Proto-Italic:
      • Latin: similis (see there for further descendants)
      • Latin: simul (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ Latin: insimul (see there for further descendants)
  • *sm̥- (compounding stem)
  • *sm̥-kŕ̥t (“one time”)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sakŕ̥t (see there for further descendants)
  • *sm̥-ló-m (or with *h₂el- (“ale”)?)
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *sumlą > *sumblą (“gathering”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *sm̥mo-
  • *sḿ̥-teros (“one of the two”)[3]
    • Proto-Celtic: *santeros (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *hə́teros
      • Ancient Greek: ἕτερος (héteros)
        Aeolic Greek: ἄτερος (áteros)
        Doric Greek: ἅτερος (háteros), ὥτερος (hṓteros)
  • *sem-kʷih₁- (with *kʷyeh₁-)
    • Proto-Armenian: *hangi-
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sam-čyaH-
      • Proto-Iranian: *ham-čyaH-
        • Alanic:
          • Ossetian: ӕнцад (æncad, “quiet, tranquil”)
        • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (hncy-, “to rest, repose”)
        • Proto-Sogdic:
          • Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾncʾy, “to stay, remain”)
  • Unsorted formations:

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*som-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 903
  2. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*som-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 646
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*somo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 351

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