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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ēþmô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (“breath, spirit”), from *h₁eh₁t- + *-mō. Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHtmā. Compare *ēþrǭ.
Noun
*ēþmô m[1]
- breath
- spirit
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *ēþmô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *ēþmô | *ēþmaniz | |
| vocative | *ēþmô | *ēþmaniz | |
| accusative | *ēþmanų | *ēþmanunz | |
| genitive | *ēþminiz | *ēþmanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *ēþmini | *ēþmammaz | |
| instrumental | *ēþminē | *ēþmammiz | |
Related terms
- *ēþmaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *āþmō
- Old Frisian: ēthma
- German: Atem, German: Odem
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*eþman- - *edman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 119-120