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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/hemō

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From earlier *xemō (to differentiate it from a later form *hemō if the shift */x/ > */h/ in the Italic languages already happened during late Proto-Italic), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ.

Noun

*hemō m[1]

  1. man

Declension
consonant stemDeclension of *hemō (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *hemō *hemones
vocative *hemō *hemones
accusative *hemonem *hemonens
genitive *hemones, hemonos *hemonom
dative *hemonei *hemonəβos
ablative *hemoni? hemone? *hemonəβos
locative *hemoni? hemone? *hemonəβos

Derived terms
  • *ne hemō (“nobody”)
    • Latin: nēmō
    • >? South Picene: 𐌍𐌄𐌌𐌞𐌍𐌄𐌝 (nemúneí, dat. sg.)

Descendants
  • Latin: homō (see there for further descendants)
  • Osco-Umbrian:
    • Oscan: 𐌇𐌖𐌌𐌖𐌍𐌔 (humuns)
    • Umbrian: homonus

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “homō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 287-288
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