Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éḱmō

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Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

    From *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) +‎ *-mō (agentive nominal suffix), referring to the cutting sharpness of stone.

    Noun

    *h₂éḱmō m

    1. stone
    2. (figurative) heaven, the heavenly vault

    Inflection

    Athematic, amphikinetic
    singular
    nominative *h₂éḱmō
    genitive *h₂ḱm̥nés
    singular dual plural
    nominative *h₂éḱmō *h₂éḱmonh₁(e) *h₂éḱmones
    vocative *h₂éḱmon *h₂éḱmonh₁(e) *h₂éḱmones
    accusative *h₂éḱmonm̥ *h₂éḱmonh₁(e) *h₂éḱmonm̥s
    genitive *h₂ḱm̥nés *? *h₂ḱm̥nóHom
    ablative *h₂ḱm̥nés *? *h₂ḱmn̥mós, *h₂ḱmn̥bʰós
    dative *h₂ḱm̥néy *? *h₂ḱmn̥mós, *h₂ḱmn̥bʰós
    locative *h₂ḱmén, *h₂ḱméni *? *h₂ḱmn̥sú
    instrumental *h₂ḱm̥néh₁ *? *h₂ḱmn̥mís, *h₂ḱmn̥bʰís

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *h₄éḱmō[1]

    Derived terms

    • >? *h₂eḱm-o-ro-s

    Descendants

    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ákmō, *kā́ˀmō (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *himinaz (from a metathesized *h₂ḱémō) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Háćmā (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*h₄éḱmōn”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 98, 121
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