Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/némos

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 *nem- (“to bend”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*némos n

1. bowing, bending
2. sacrifice, worship
3. place of sacrifice, clearing

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*némos
genitive	*némesos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*némos	*némesih₁	*némōs
vocative	*némos	*némesih₁	*némōs
accusative	*némos	*némesih₁	*némōs
genitive	*némesos	*?	*némesoHom
ablative	*némesos	*?	*némesmos, *némesbʰos
dative	*némesey	*?	*némesmos, *némesbʰos
locative	*némes, *némesi	*?	*némesu
instrumental	*némesh₁	*?	*némesmis, *némesbʰis

Descendants

• Proto-Hellenic: *némos
  • Ancient Greek: νέμος (némos)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *námas (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *nemos
  • Latin: nemus (“wood, forest”)