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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/yemH-

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

*yemH-[1][2][3]

  1. twin

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *yemH-‎ (3 c, 0 e)
  • *yémH-o-s[1]
  • *imH-yo-s[2]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *imˀjas
      • Latvian: jùmis (“pair”)
  • *yemH-no-s[1]
    • Proto-Celtic: *yemonos (“twin”)
    • Proto-Italic: *jemanos
  • *ym̥H-yó-s[2]
    • Proto-Germanic: *jumjaz (“divine twin?”)

Unsorted formations:

  • Proto-Albanian: *jūmatjā

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “geminus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*jumja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yemono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
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