Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/demh₂-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dem-

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

*demh₂-^[1]

to tame, domesticate

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *demh₂- (29 c, 0 e)

*dméh₂-s-ti ~ *dm̥h₂-s-énti (athematic s-present)^[2]
- Proto-Anatolian:
  - Hittite: 𒋫𒈠𒀸 (tamāšš-, “to press, push”)
*dm̥-né-h₂-ti ~ *dm̥-n-h₂-énti (nasal-infix present)
- Proto-Celtic: *damnāti (“to subdue, break a horse”)
  - Old Irish: damnaid (“to subdue”)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: δάμνημι (dámnēmi)
*dm̥h₂-yé-ti (yé-present)
- Proto-Celtic: *damyeti (“to allow, permit, endure”) (see there for further descendants)
*domh₂-éye-ti (causative/iterative)^[3]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: दमयति (damáyati) (see there for further descendants)
- >? Proto-Germanic: *tamjaną^[4]
- Proto-Italic: *domaō
  - >? Latin: domō (“to tame”)
*dm̥h₂-h₁yé-ti ('essive')^[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: दाम्यति (dā́myati)
*démh₂-ti-s ~ *dm̥h₂-téy-s
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: δμῆσις (dmêsis)
*dómh₂-r̥
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - >? Ancient Greek: δάμαρ (dámar)
*domh₂-o-s
- Proto-Germanic: *tamaz (see there for further descendants)
*dm̥h₂-tó-s, *demh₂-tó-s
- Proto-Celtic: *dametos (“sheep”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: δμητός (dmētós)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *damHtás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *damHtás
    - Sanskrit: दमित (damita)

Unsorted formations

Albanian: dem (“bull, steer”)
Proto-Celtic: *damos (“bull; domesticated animal”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: δαμάζω (damázō)
- Ancient Greek: δάμαλις (dámalis), δαμάλης (damálēs), δάμαλος (dámalos)
- Ancient Greek: δμώς m (dmṓs), δμῳή f (dmōiḗ, “slave taken in war”)
Proto-Indo-Iranian:
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  - Sanskrit: दमायति (damāyáti, “to subdue, tame”)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (dʾm /⁠dām⁠/, “tame animal”)
  - Persian: دام (dâm, “livestock”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*demh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 116-117
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “tamāšš-^zi / tame/išš-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 822-824: “*dméh₂-s-ti, *dmh₂-s-énti”
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “domō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

[LIV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*demh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 116-117

[2] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “tamāšš-^zi / tame/išš-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 822-824: “*dméh₂-s-ti, *dmh₂-s-énti”

[3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “domō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178

[4] Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

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