Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sēmi

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

Vṛddhi derivative of *sem- (“one”), + locative suffix *-i.

Adverb

*sēmi[1]

half
partially

Descendants

Proto-Germanic: *sēmi-
- Proto-West Germanic: *sāmi-
  - Old English: sam-
    - Middle English: sam-
      - English: sam
  - Old Saxon: sām-
  - Old High German: sāmi-
Proto-Hellenic: *hēmi-
- Ancient Greek: ἡμι- (hēmi-)
  - Greek: ημι- (imi-)
  - → English: hemi-
  - → French: hemi-
  - → Spanish: hemi-
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sāmí
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sāmí
  - Sanskrit: सामि (sāmí)
Proto-Italic: *sēmi-
- Latin: sēmi-, sē-; sēm-; sin-
  - → English: semi-, semi
  - → French: semi-
  - → Italian: semi-
  - → Portuguese: semi-
  - → Spanish: semi-

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

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN