Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱóm

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

Perhaps from *ḱe.

Adverb

*ḱóm

beside, near, by, with

Usage notes

Has combining form *ḱó-.

Derived terms

*ḱm̥-th₂
- Hellenic: *kətá
  - Ancient Greek: κατά (katá)
*ḱm̥-ti
- Hellenic: *kətí
  - Ancient Greek: καί (kaí), κασί(γνητος) (kasí(gnētos))
    Cypriot Greek: κάς (kás)
*ḱóm-tis
- Hellenic: *kətis
  - Ancient Greek: κάσις (kásis)
*ḱom-yós
- Hellenic: *koňňós
  - Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinós)
*ḱómteros
- Italic: *kontrā
  - Latin: contrā

Descendants

Balto-Slavic: *śun
- Lithuanian: sù (with unexpected depalatalization of *ś)
- Slavic: *sъ(n)
Celtic: *kom-
- Old Irish: com-, cummae (< *ḱóm-smiyo-)
  - Irish: comh-, cuma
  - Manx: co-
  - Scottish Gaelic: co-, coma
- Breton: ken-
- Cornish: kev-
- Welsh: cyf-, cyn-
Germanic: *ga- (< *ḱó-)
Italic: *kom
- Latin: cum, com-
- Oscan: kúm, comono (< *ḱómno-)
- Umbrian: kumne (< *ḱómno-)
Tocharian B: ankānmi (< *ḱómno-)
Unsorted formations:
- Hittite: [script needed] (kattan)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 612