Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/kūmə

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 This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱúh₁mn̥, from the root *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”) +‎ *-mn̥; equivalent to kū- +‎ *-mə.[1] Compare Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios), Latin cumulus, cavus.

Noun

*kūmə n

  1. swell, wave

Inflection

N-stem, neuter
Nominative *kū́mə
Genitive *kū́mnos, -ətos
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kū́mə *kū́mne, -əte *kū́mna, -əta
Vocative *kū́mə *kū́mne, -əte *kū́mna, -əta
Accusative *kū́mə *kū́mne, -əte *kū́mna, -əta
Genitive *kū́mnos, -ətos ? *kū́mnōn, -ətōn
Dative *kū́mnei, -ətei ? *kū́məpʰi
Locative *kū́mni, -əti ? *kū́məhi
Instrumental ? ? *kū́məpʰi

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: κῦμα (kûma)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κῦμα, -ατος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 801

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