Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷéh₂mn̥

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 *gʷeh₂- (“to step, go”) +‎ *-mn̥ (action noun suffix).

Noun

*gʷéh₂mn̥ n

1. step

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular	collective
nominative	*gʷéh₂mn̥	*gʷéh₂mō
genitive	*gʷh₂méns	*gʷh₂m̥nés
	singular	dual	plural	collective
nominative	*gʷéh₂mn̥	*gʷéh₂m̥nih₁	—	*gʷéh₂mō
vocative	*gʷéh₂mn̥	*gʷéh₂m̥nih₁	—	*gʷéh₂mō
accusative	*gʷéh₂mn̥	*gʷéh₂m̥nih₁	—	*gʷéh₂mō
genitive	*gʷh₂méns	*?	—	*gʷh₂m̥nés
ablative	*gʷh₂méns	*?	—	*gʷh₂m̥nés
dative	*gʷh₂méney	*?	—	*gʷh₂m̥néy
locative	*gʷh₂mén, *gʷh₂méni	*?	—	*gʷh₂mén, *gʷh₂méni
instrumental	*gʷh₂ménh₁	*?	—	*gʷh₂m̥néh₁

Descendants

• Proto-Hellenic: *gʷā́mə
  • Ancient Greek: βῆμα (bêma) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gáHma
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gáHma
    • ⇒ Sanskrit: प्रगामन् (pragā́man, “step, gait”)
  • Proto-Iranian: *gáHma
    • Avestan: 𐬔𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 (gāman)
    • Baluchi: گام (gám)
    • Persian: گام (gâm)
    • Northern Kurdish: gav (“step”)

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
• Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 174