Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dṓm

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

Etymology

From *dem- (“to build”) +‎ *-s (root nominal suffix).

Noun

*dṓm f^[1]

home
house

Declension

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*dṓm
genitive	*déms
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dṓm	*dómh₁(e)	*dómes
vocative	*dóm	*dómh₁(e)	*dómes
accusative	*dṓm	*dómh₁(e)	*dómm̥s
genitive	*déms	*?	*démoHom
ablative	*déms	*?	démmos, démbʰos
dative	*démey	*?	démmos, démbʰos
locative	dém, démi	*?	*démsu
instrumental	*démh₁	*?	démmis, démbʰis

Derived terms

*déms pótis^[2]
*dom-u-s^[3]^[4]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *damús (see there for further descendants)
*dom-o-s (with thematisation)
- Proto-Hellenic: *dómos (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *domos (see there for further descendants)
*dōm-o-s (vṛddhi-derivative)^[5]
- Proto-Celtic: *dāmos (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Armenian:
- Old Armenian: տուն (tun), ⇒ տանուտէր (tanutēr), ⇒ տէր (tēr), ⇒ տիկին (tikin), ⇒ տիեզերք (tiezerkʻ)
Proto-Hellenic: *dṓn
- Ancient Greek: δῶ (dô)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dám
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dám
  - Vedic Sanskrit: दम् (dám)
    - ⇒ Vedic Sanskrit: दम (dáma)^[6]
- Proto-Iranian: *dám
  - Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬨 (dam)
  - ⇒ Northern Kurdish: bindav (“basement”) (derived from bin under + dav)

References

^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δεσπότης, -ου”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dȏmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113: “BSl. *domus”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “namas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*dāmo/ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 88-89
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “dám-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 697

[1] Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δεσπότης, -ου”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 319

[EDSIL-3] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dȏmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113: “BSl. *domus”

[EDBIL-4] Derksen, Rick (2015), “namas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328

[5] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*dāmo/ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 88-89

[6] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “dám-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 697

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