Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰéyōm

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From *ǵʰey- (winter) +‎ *-ōm.

Noun

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*ǵʰéyōm f (oblique stem *ǵʰim-)[1][2]

  1. winter
  2. year (as a measure of time)
    Synonyms: *sémh₂r̥ ?, *wétos, *yóh₁r̥
  3. frost, snow
    Synonyms: *snígʷʰs, *snóygʷʰos

Inflection

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Per Rieken:[2]

Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *ǵʰéyōm
genitive *ǵʰimés
singular dual plural
nominative *ǵʰéyōm
vocative *ǵʰéyom
accusative *ǵʰéyōm
genitive *ǵʰimés
ablative *ǵʰimés
dative *ǵʰiméy
locative *ǵʰyém, ǵʰyémi
instrumental *ǵʰiméh₁

Per Beekes:[1]

singular
accusative *ǵʰyémm̥
genitive *ǵʰimós

Alternative reconstructions

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Derived terms

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  • *ǵʰ(e)i-m-ḗr or *ǵʰéy-m-r̥[4][5]
    • Proto-Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: ձմեռն (jmeṙn) (< acc.sg. *ǵʰim-ér-m or < *ǵʰimer-n) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *kʰímər
    • *ǵʰeym-er-i(H)nó-s
  • *ǵʰeym-eh₂
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *źeimā́ˀ (see there for further descendants)
  • *ǵʰyem-ōn
    • >? Proto-Celtic: *gyemū
  • *ǵʰyem-os
    • Proto-Celtic: *gyemos (see there for further descendants)
  • *-ǵʰim-os (wintery, winters old, years old) (often as a second member of compound adjectives)

Descendants

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  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Hittite: 𒄀𒂊𒈪 (gi-e-mi /⁠gyemi⁠/, in the winter, loc.sg.) (< loc.sg. *ǵʰyémi)
  • Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: ձիւն (jiwn, snow) (< gen.sg. *ǵʰim-ós)[6] (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *gōį̄
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ʰimás (< gen.sg. *ǵʰim-ós) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *kʰiṓn (snow)
    • Ancient Greek: χιών (khiṓn) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *hiem-[7]

See also

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Seasons in Proto-Indo-European · [Term?] (layout · text) · category
*wósr̥ (spring) *semh₂- (summer) *(s)h₁es- (autumn) *ǵʰéyōm (winter)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 196
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rieken, Elisabeth (1999) Untersuchungen zur nominalen Stammbildung des Hethitischen (Studien zu den Boğazköy-Texten; 44)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →DOI, page 78:*g̑ʰéi̯-ōm/g̑ʰi̯-ém-i/*g̑ʰi-m-és
  3. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 294.1
  4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1620
  5. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “jmeṙn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 436–337
  6. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “jiwn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 434–435
  7. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hiems”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN