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.

*demh₂-^[1]

1. to tame, domesticate

• *dm̥-né-h₂-ti ~ *dm̥-n-h₂-ti (nasal-infix present)
  • Proto-Celtic: *damnāti (“to subdue, break a horse”)
    • Old Irish: damnaid (“bind, subdue”)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: δάμνημι (dámnēmi)
• *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:
      • Sanskrit: दमयति (damáyati) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *domaō
    • Latin: domō (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *domanos
      • Latin: dominus (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *domatos
      • Latin: domitus
• *dm̥h₂-h₁yé-ti ('essive')^[1]
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: दाम्यति (dā́myati)
• *démh₂-ti-s ~ *dm̥h₂-téy-s
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: δμῆσις (dmêsis)
• *dómh₂-r̥
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • >? Ancient Greek: δάμαρ (dámar)
• *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:
    • Ancient Greek: δαμάζω (damázō)
    • Ancient Greek: δμώς m (dmṓs), δμῳή f (dmōiḗ, “slave taken in war”)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: दमायति (damāyáti, “to subdue, tame”)