Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/poh₂imḗn

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 *peh₂- (“to protect”) +‎ *-mḗn, but the appearance of medial *-i- and the o-grade are irregular.

Noun

*poh₂imḗn[1][2]

  1. shepherd

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
singular
nominative *poh₂imḗn
genitive *poh₂im‌nés
singular dual plural
nominative *poh₂imḗn *poh₂iménh₁(e) *poh₂iménes
vocative *poh₂imén *poh₂iménh₁(e) *poh₂iménes
accusative *poh₂iménm̥ *poh₂iménh₁(e) *poh₂iménm̥s
genitive *poh₂im‌nés *? *poh₂im‌nóHom
ablative *poh₂im‌nés *? *poh₂im‌n̥mós, *poh₂im‌n̥bʰós
dative *poh₂im‌néy *? *poh₂im‌n̥mós, *poh₂im‌n̥bʰós
locative *poh₂imén, *poh₂iméni *? *poh₂im‌n̥sú
instrumental *poh₂im‌néh₁ *? *poh₂im‌n̥mís, *poh₂im‌n̥bʰís

Descendants

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *páiˀmēn
    • Lithuanian: piemuõ (“shepherd”)
    • → Proto-Finnic: *paimën (“shepherd”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *poimḗn
    • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀡𐀕 (po-me, “shepherd”)
    • Ancient Greek: ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd, herdsman”)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “piemuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
  2. ^ Yates, Anthony (2022) “A new prosodic reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European *-mon-stems”, in Indo-European Linguistics, volume 10, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 231 of 231
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