Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/kūmə

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱúh₁mn̥, from the root *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”) +‎ *-mn̥; equivalent to kū- +‎ *-mə.^[1] Compare Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios), Latin cumulus, cavus.

Noun

*kūmə n

swell, wave

Inflection

N-stem, neuter
Nominative	*kū́mə
Genitive	*kū́mnos, -ətos
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kū́mə	*kū́mne, -əte	*kū́mna, -əta
Vocative	*kū́mə	*kū́mne, -əte	*kū́mna, -əta
Accusative	*kū́mə	*kū́mne, -əte	*kū́mna, -əta
Genitive	*kū́mnos, -ətos	?	*kū́mnōn, -ətōn
Dative	*kū́mnei, -ətei	?	*kū́məpʰi
Locative	*kū́mni, -əti	?	*kū́məhi
Instrumental	?	?	*kū́məpʰi

Derived terms

*əkūmōn

Descendants

Ancient Greek: κῦμα (kûma)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κῦμα, -ατος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 801

Further reading

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 592

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