Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/séh₁mn̥

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

Etymology

From *seh₁- (“to sow”) +‎ *-mn̥.

Noun

*séh₁mn̥ n[1][2][3][4]

seed

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular	collective
nominative	*séh₁mn̥	*séh₁mō
genitive	*sh₁méns	*sh₁m̥nés
	singular	dual	plural	collective
nominative	*séh₁mn̥	*séh₁m̥nih₁	—	*séh₁mō
vocative	*séh₁mn̥	*séh₁m̥nih₁	—	*séh₁mō
accusative	*séh₁mn̥	*séh₁m̥nih₁	—	*séh₁mō
genitive	*sh₁méns	*?	—	*sh₁m̥nés
ablative	*sh₁méns	*?	—	*sh₁m̥nés
dative	*sh₁méney	*?	—	*sh₁m̥néy
locative	sh₁mén, sh₁méni	*?	—	sh₁mén, sh₁méni
instrumental	*sh₁ménh₁	*?	—	*sh₁m̥néh₁

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sḗˀmen (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *sēmô (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *hḗmə
- Ancient Greek: ἧμᾰ (hêma)
Proto-Italic: *sēmen, *sēmō (< collective)
- Latin: sēmen, Sēmō (see there for further descendants)
- Oscan: 𐌔𐌄𐌄𐌌𐌖𐌍𐌄𐌝 (seemuneí, dat.sg.)
- Paelignian: semunu (gen.pl.)
- Umbrian: 𐌔𐌄𐌇𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌝𐌀𐌓 (sehmeníar), sehemeniar (gen.sg.); 𐌔𐌄𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌉𐌄𐌔 (semenies), sehmenier (dat.abl.pl.)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sě̀mę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sēman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432
Derksen, Rick (2015), “sėmuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “serō, -ere 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 557

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sě̀mę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sēman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015), “sėmuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 393

[4] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “serō, -ere 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 557