Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kóh₂mos

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 *keh₂- (“to fly, flow, run”) +‎ *-mos.

Noun

*kóh₂mos m^[1]^[2]^[3]

desire

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *kṓmos
- >? Ancient Greek: κῶμος (kômos)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *káHmas m (“wish, desire”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *keh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 343
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kaHm”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 227-228: “PIE *keH₂-mo-”
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kā́ma-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 515: “IE form: keh₂-mo-”

[LIV-1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *keh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 343

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kaHm”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 227-228: “PIE *keH₂-mo-”

[3] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kā́ma-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 515: “IE form: keh₂-mo-”

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