Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/yemH-

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

Root

*yemH-[1][2][3]

twin

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *yemH-

*yémH-o-s[1]
*imH-yo-s[2]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *imˀjas
  - Latvian: jùmis (“pair”)
*yemH-no-s[1]
- Proto-Celtic: *yemonos (“twin”)
  - Old Irish: emon
- Proto-Italic: *jemanos
  - Latin: geminus (“twin”) (g < j by analogy with genus)
*ym̥H-yó-s[2]
- Proto-Germanic: *jumjaz (“divine twin?”)
  - Old Norse: Ymir

Unsorted formations:

Proto-Albanian: *jūmatjā
- Albanian: gjysmë

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “geminus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*jumja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*yemono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435

[De_vaan_1-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “geminus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256

[Kroonen_1-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*jumja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274

[Matasovich_1-3] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*yemono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435