Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃lemH-

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

Root

*h₃lemH-

1. to break
2. weak, broken, soft

Derived terms

• *h₃lomH-éyeti
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *lamīˀtei
    • Proto-Slavic: *lomìti (“to break”) (see there for further descendants)
• *h₃lomH-io-
  • (possibly) >? Latin: lanius (“butcher”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Germanic: *lamaz (“lame; defective”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *lémešis (“plough”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Irish: lem (“soft, tender, weak, powerless, impotent”)
    • Irish: leamh (“soft; weak”)
  • Welsh: llefrith (“milk”)
  • Ancient Greek: νωλεμέως (nōleméōs, “unceasingly; firmly”)