Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wéh₁imn̥

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wéh₁imn̥

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 *weh₁y- (“twist, wrap”) +‎ *-mn̥.

Noun

*wéh₁imn̥ n[1][2]

1. that which is twisted, plaiting

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular	collective
nominative	*wéh₁imn̥	*wéh₁imō
genitive	*uh₁iméns	*uh₁ym̥nés
	singular	dual	plural	collective
nominative	*wéh₁imn̥	*wéh₁ym̥nih₁	—	*wéh₁imō
vocative	*wéh₁imn̥	*wéh₁ym̥nih₁	—	*wéh₁imō
accusative	*wéh₁imn̥	*wéh₁ym̥nih₁	—	*wéh₁imō
genitive	*uh₁iméns	*?	—	*uh₁ym̥nés
ablative	*uh₁iméns	*?	—	*uh₁ym̥nés
dative	*uh₁iméney	*?	—	*uh₁ym̥néy
locative	*uh₁imén, *uh₁iméni	*?	—	*uh₁imén, *uh₁iméni
instrumental	*uh₁iménh₁	*?	—	*uh₁ym̥néh₁

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáHima
  • Proto-Indo-European: *wáHima
    • Sanskrit: वेमन् (véman, “loom, slay”)
• Proto-Celtic: *wēman[3]
  • Middle Irish: fíam (“a chain”)
• Proto-Germanic: *wīmą (“osier, wattle”)[2]
  • Middle Low German: wīm, wīme
  • Middle Dutch: wīme
• Proto-Italic: *weimən (“branch for plaiting”)[1]
  • Latin: vīmen (“branch for wickerwork”) (see there for further descendants)

References

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vieō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 677: “*u̯eh₁i-mn”
2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wajju-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 500: “*ueh₁i-mon-”
3. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wi-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 421: “*wē-men”