Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/yémHos

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 *yemH- (“twin”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*yémHos (non-ablauting)

1. twin

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*yémHos
genitive	*yémHosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*yémHos	*yémHoh₁	*yémHoes
vocative	*yémHe	*yémHoh₁	*yémHoes
accusative	*yémHom	*yémHoh₁	*yémHoms
genitive	*yémHosyo	*?	*yémHoHom
ablative	*yémHead	*?	*yémHomos
dative	*yémHoey	*?	*yémHomos
locative	*yémHey, *yémHoy	*?	*yémHoysu
instrumental	*yémHoh₁	*?	*yémHōys

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *jama
  • Albanian: gjem
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *yámHas (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *jemos
  • Latin: Remus (with contamination of Rōmulus)