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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/séh₁mn̥

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

Etymology

From *seh₁- (“to sow”) +‎ *-mn̥.

Noun

*séh₁mn̥ n [1][2][3][4]

  1. seed

Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic
singular collective
nominative *séh₁mn̥ *séh₁mō
genitive *sh₁méns *sh₁m̥nés
singular dual plural collective
nominative *séh₁mn̥ *séh₁m̥nih₁ — *séh₁mō
vocative *séh₁mn̥ *séh₁m̥nih₁ — *séh₁mō
accusative *séh₁mn̥ *séh₁m̥nih₁ — *séh₁mō
genitive *sh₁méns *? — *sh₁m̥nés
ablative *sh₁méns *? — *sh₁m̥nés
dative *sh₁méney *? — *sh₁m̥néy
locative *sh₁mén, *sh₁méni *? — *sh₁mén, *sh₁méni
instrumental *sh₁ménh₁ *? — *sh₁m̥néh₁

Descendants
  • Balto-Slavic: *sēˀmen or *sēˀmin
    • Lithuanian: sėmuõ
    • Old Prussian: semen
    • Slavic: *sě̀mę
    • → Finnic: *seemen (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *sēmô
  • Hellenic: *hḗmə
    • Ancient Greek: ἧμᾰ (hêma)
  • Italic: *sēmen, *sēmō (< collective)
    • Latin: sēmen, Sēmō
    • Oscan: 𐌔𐌄𐌄𐌌𐌖𐌍𐌄𐌝 (seemuneí, dat.sg.)
    • Paelignian: semunu (gen.pl.)
    • Umbrian: 𐌔𐌄𐌇𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌝𐌀𐌓 (sehmeníar), sehemeniar (gen.sg.); 𐌔𐌄𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌉𐌄𐌔 (semenies), sehmenier (dat.abl.pl.)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sě̀mę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sēman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 432
  3. Derksen, Rick (2015), “sėmuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
  4. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “serō, -ere 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 557
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