Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/aimos

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“copy”). Related to *imā.

Noun

*aimos m

  1. imitation

Inflection

Declension of *aimos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aimos *aimōs, aimoi
vocative *aime *aimōs, aimoi
accusative *aimom *aimons
genitive *aimosjo, aimī *aimom
dative *aimōi *aimois
ablative *aimōd *aimois
locative *aimei *aimois

Derived terms

  • *aimelos
    • Latin: aemulus

Descendants

  • Venetic: Aimoi (name)

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
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