Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pléwmō

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pléwmō

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From *plew- +‎ *-mō.

Noun

*pléwmō m (oblique stem *plumn-)

1. lung, (literally) floater

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*pléwmō
genitive	*pl̥wm̥nés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pléwmō	*pléwmonh₁(e)	*pléwmones
vocative	*pléwmon	*pléwmonh₁(e)	*pléwmones
accusative	*pléwmonm̥	*pléwmonh₁(e)	*pléwmonm̥s
genitive	*pl̥wm̥nés	*?	*pl̥wm̥nóHom
ablative	*pl̥wm̥nés	*?	*plumn̥mós
dative	*pl̥wm̥néy	*?	*plumn̥mós
locative	*plumén, *pluméni	*?	*plumn̥sú
instrumental	*pl̥wm̥néh₁	*?	*plumn̥bʰí

Descendants

• Hellenic: *pléwmōn[1]
  • Ancient Greek: πλεύμων (pleúmōn)
• Indo-Iranian: *pláwmā
  • Indo-Aryan: *kláwmā (< earlier *pláwmā)
    • Sanskrit: क्लोमन् (klóman)
• Italic: *plumō[2]
  • Latin: pulmō (see there for further descendants)

See also

• *pnéwmn̥

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πλεύμων”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1207-1208
2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “pulmō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 498

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 837–838
• Watkins, Calvert (1985), “pleu-”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt