Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/demh₂-

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

    *demh₂-[1]

    1. to tame, domesticate

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *demh₂- (27 c, 0 e)
    • *dm̥-né-h₂-ti ~ *dm̥-n-h₂-énti (nasal-infix present)
      • Proto-Celtic: *damnāti (to subdue, break a horse)
        • Old Irish: damnaid (to subdue)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
    • *dm̥h₂-yé-ti (yé-present)
      • Proto-Celtic: *damyeti (to allow, permit, endure) (see there for further descendants)
    • *domh₂-éye-ti (causative/iterative)[2]
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Proto-Italic: *domaō
        • Latin: domō (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Italic: *domanos
          • Latin: dominus (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Italic: *domatos
    • *dm̥h₂-h₁yé-ti ('essive')[1]
    • *démh₂-ti-s ~ *dm̥h₂-téy-s
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: δμῆσις (dmêsis)
    • *dómh₂-r̥
      • Proto-Hellenic:
    • *domh₂-o-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *tamaz (see there for further descendants)
    • *dm̥h₂-tó-s, *demh₂-tó-s
      • Proto-Celtic: *dametos (sheep) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: δμητός (dmētós)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *damHtás
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *damHtás
          • Sanskrit: दमित (damita)

    Unsorted formations:

    • Albanian: dem (bull, steer)
    • Anatolian:
      • Hittite: 𒋫𒈠𒀸 (tamāšš-, to press, push)
    • Proto-Celtic: *damos (bull; domesticated animal) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
        • Sanskrit: दमायति (damāyáti, to subdue, tame)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (dʾm /⁠dām⁠/, tame animal)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*demh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 116-117
    2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “domō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178