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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/némos
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *nem- + *-os.
Noun
*némos n[1][2]
- bowing, bending
- sacrifice, worship
- place of sacrifice, clearing
Inflection
| Athematic, acrostatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *némos | ||
| genitive | *némesos | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *némos | *némesih₁ | *némōs |
| vocative | *némos | *némesih₁ | *némōs |
| accusative | *némos | *némesih₁ | *némōs |
| genitive | *némesos | *? | *némesoHom |
| ablative | *némesos | *? | *némesmos |
| dative | *némesey | *? | *némesmos |
| locative | *némes, *némesi | *? | *némesu |
| instrumental | *némesh₁ | *? | *némesmis |
Descendants
- Proto-Hellenic: *némos
- Ancient Greek: νέμος (némos)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *námas (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *nemos
- Latin: nemus (“wood, forest”)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 764