Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éḱmō

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 *h₂eḱ- +‎ *-mō, referring to the cutting sharpness of stone.

Noun

*h₂éḱmō m

stone
(figurative) heaven, the heavenly vault

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*h₂éḱmō
genitive	*h₂ḱm̥nés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂éḱmō	*h₂éḱmonh₁(e)	*h₂éḱmones
vocative	*h₂éḱmon	*h₂éḱmonh₁(e)	*h₂éḱmones
accusative	*h₂éḱmonm̥	*h₂éḱmonh₁(e)	*h₂éḱmonm̥s
genitive	*h₂ḱm̥nés	*?	*h₂ḱm̥nóHom
ablative	*h₂ḱm̥nés	*?	*h₂ḱmn̥mós
dative	*h₂ḱm̥néy	*?	*h₂ḱmn̥mós
locative	h₂ḱmén, h₂ḱméni	*?	*h₂ḱmn̥sú
instrumental	*h₂ḱm̥néh₁	*?	*h₂ḱmn̥mís

Alternative reconstructions

*h₄éḱmō[1]

Derived terms

>? *h₂eḱm-o-ro-s
- Proto-Germanic: *hamaraz (perhaps from metathesized *ḱeh₂moros) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Haćmarás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Haśmarás
    - Sanskrit अश्मर (aśmará, “stony”)

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ákmō, *kā́ˀmō (see there for further descendants)
>? Proto-Germanic: *himinaz (from a metathesized *h₂ḱémō) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἄκμων (ákmōn, “anvil, pestle, battering ram”)
  - Greek: άκμων (ákmon), άκμονας (ákmonas), ⇒ αμόνι (amóni) (from the diminutive)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Háćmā (see there for further descendants)

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*h₄éḱmōn”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 98, 121

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[TOitPIEatPIEw-1] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*h₄éḱmōn”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 98, 121