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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/nem-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

*nem- [1]

  1. to distribute
  2. to give, to take

Derived terms
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  • *ném-e-ti (thematic root present)
    • Balto-Slavic: *nemtei
      • Latvian: ņemt (“take”)
    • Germanic: *nemaną (“take”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Hellenic: *némō
      • Ancient Greek: νέμω (némō, “dispense, distribute”)
    • Indo-Iranian: *námati (“to bow”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *nom-éh₂
    • Hellenic: *nomā́
      • Ancient Greek: νομή (nomḗ, “pasture”)
  • *ném-os ~ *ném-es-os
  • *ném-es-o-s
  • *nóm-o-s
    • Hellenic: *nómos
      • Ancient Greek: νόμος (nómos, “custom, law”)
  • *nom-ó-s
    • Hellenic: *nomós
      • Ancient Greek: νομός (nomós, “pasture, habitation, province”)
    • Indo-Iranian: *námas
      • Indo-Aryan: *námas
        • Sanskrit: नम (náma, “pasture-ground”)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Celtic:
      • Old Irish: nem (“gift”)
    • Celtic: *nemētom
      • Brythonic:
        • Middle Breton: neved (“sanctuary”)
      • Gaulish: νεμητον (nemēton, “holy place”)
      • Old Irish: nemed (“sanctuary, holy place”)
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: Νέμεσις (Némesis, “Nemesis, goddess of retribution”)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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