Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kóh₂mos
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *keh₂- (“to fly, flow, run”) + *-mos.
Noun
Descendants
- Proto-Hellenic: *kṓmos
- >? Ancient Greek: κῶμος (kômos)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *káHmas m (“wish, desire”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *keh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 343
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kaHm”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 227-228: “PIE *keH₂-mo-”
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kā́ma-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 515: “IE form: keh₂-mo-”