Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sēmi

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 *sem- (“one”) + locative suffix *-i. The meaning developed from "(in) one" > "one of the two" > "half".^[1]

Adverb

*sēmi^[2]^[1]

Descendants

Proto-Germanic: *sēmi- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *hēmi-
- Ancient Greek: ἡμι- (hēmi-) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sāmí
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sāmí
  - Sanskrit: सामि (sāmí)
Proto-Italic: *sēmi-
- Latin: sēmi- (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sēmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553
^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 679-681

[EDL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sēmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553

[2] Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 679-681

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