Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éymō

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

Noun

*h₂éymō m

imitation

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*h₂éymō
genitive	*h₂ym̥nés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂éymō	*h₂éymonh₁(e)	*h₂éymones
vocative	*h₂éymon	*h₂éymonh₁(e)	*h₂éymones
accusative	*h₂éymonm̥	*h₂éymonh₁(e)	*h₂éymonm̥s
genitive	*h₂ym̥nés	*?	*h₂ym̥nóHom
ablative	*h₂ym̥nés	*?	*h₂imn̥mós
dative	*h₂ym̥néy	*?	*h₂imn̥mós
locative	h₂imén, h₂iméni	*?	*h₂imn̥sú
instrumental	*h₂ym̥néh₁	*?	*h₂imn̥bʰí

Derived terms

*h₂éym-o-s[1]
- Proto-Italic: *aimos (“imitation”)[2]
  - ⇒ Proto-Italic: *aimelos[2]
    - Latin: aemulus (“emulous, rival”)

*h₂im-éh₂
- Proto-Italic: *imā[3]
  - ⇒ Latin: imāgō (“a picture, image”) (+ -āgō)
  - ⇒ Latin: imitō(+ -tō)
  - ⇒ Latin: imitor (“to copy, imitate”)(+ -tor)

*h₂imn-ó-s[4][2]
- Proto-Anatolian: *Himnós[4]
  - Hittite: 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 (ḫi-im-ma-aš /ḫimmas/, “imitation, substitute”)

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 38, 74
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “aemulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “imāgō, -inis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298
Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫimma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343-344

[Schrijver-1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 38, 74

[EDL_aemulus-2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “aemulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26

[3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “imāgō, -inis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298

[Kloekhorst-4] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫimma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343-344