Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃emh₃-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*h₂emh₃-[1]

Root

*h₃emh₃-[2][3]

to grab, to grasp, to seize, to take hold, tackle, touch
to swear (an oath)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃emh₃-

*h₃émh₃-ti ~ *h₃m̥h₃-énti (athematic root present)[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HámHti
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HámHti
    - Sanskrit: अमीति (ámīti)
- >? Proto-Italic: *amō[4] or *omō
  - Latin: amō (see there for further descendants)
*h₃m̥-né-h₃-ti ~ *h₃m̥-n-h₃-énti (nasal-infix present)[1]
- Proto-Hellenic: *ómnumi
  - Ancient Greek: ὄμνυμι (ómnumi)
- Proto-Germanic: *ammōną (see there for further descendants)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂emh₃-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 265-266
Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Pokorny, Julius (1959), “omə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 778
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “amō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39

[LIV-1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂emh₃-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 265-266

[2] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “omə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 778

[4] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “amō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39