Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃lemH-

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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

*h₃lemH-[1]

  1. to break
  2. weak, broken, soft

Derived terms

  • *h₃lomH-éyeti
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *lamīˀtei
      • Proto-Slavic: *lomìti (to break) (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₃lomH-io-[2]
    • (possibly) >? Latin: lanius (butcher)[2]
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Germanic: *lamaz (lame; defective) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *lémešis (plough) (see there for further descendants)
    • Middle Irish: lem (soft, tender, weak, powerless, impotent)
      • Irish: leamh (soft; weak)
    • Welsh: llefrith (milk)
    • Ancient Greek: νωλεμέως (nōleméōs, unceasingly; firmly)

References

  1. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2023) “*h₃lemH-”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²
  2. 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lanius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326