Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/éimi

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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti, from *h₁ey- (to go).[1]

Verb

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*éimi[2]

  1. to go

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: εἶμι (eîmi)
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀂𐀍𐀳 (i-jo-te /⁠yóntes⁠/)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἶμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 388
  2. ^ Andrew L. Sihler (1995) “Part VI: Conjugation”, in New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, 1st edition, New York, N.Y., Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1995, →ISBN, pages 461, 462, 514