Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/Seɣomō

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

Derived by Osthoff, and also coincidentally Weiss, from the root Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to take hold, overpower”).[1]

Proper noun

*Seɣomō m

  1. Semo, an Italic god

Declension

Declension of *Seɣomō (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *Seɣomō *Seɣomōnes
vocative *Seɣomō *Seɣomōnes
accusative *Seɣomōnem *Seɣomōnens
genitive *Seɣomōnes, Seɣomōnos *Seɣomōnom
dative *Seɣomōnei *Seɣomōnβos
ablative *Seɣomōni? Seɣomōne? *Seɣomōnβos
locative *Seɣomōni? Seɣomōne? *Seɣomōnβos

Reconstruction notes

The traditional relation to *séh₁mn̥ (“seed”) (whence also Latin sēmen (“seed”)) is untenable due to two factors:

  • There is no unambiguous religious evidence of Italic peoples connecting the god with seeds.
  • The "seed" etymology is also phonologically impossible for the Oscan form since the regular outcome of Proto-Italic *ē is 𐌝(𐌝) (í(í)), not the 𐌄𐌄 (ee) that actually appears in the god's name.

Descendants

  • Latin: Sēmō
  • Oscan: 𐌔𐌄𐌄𐌌𐌖𐌍𐌄𐌝 (seemuneí, dat. sg.)
  • Paelignian: semunu (gen.pl.)

References

  1. ^ Weiss, Michael (2017) “An Italo-Celtic Divinity and a Common Sabellic Sound Change”, in Classical Antiquity, volume 36, number 2, University of California Press, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 370–389
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