Cognate Set 1467 – Meaning: day

IE-CoR reference form:
*Heh₂m-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Hellenic and Armenian lexemes as though from a PIE stem *Heh₂m-, an exclusive Greek-Armenian lexical isogloss (Chantraine 1968–1980:412, Beekes 2010:518, Martirosyan 2010:156, cf. Clackson 1994:96-97).
Found in clades:
Armenian, Hellenic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 2 clades by 12 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
8   Greek: Modern Std méra μέρα ˈme̞ra ˈme̞ra Alternative form ημέρα
6   Greek: Ancient hēméra ἡμέρα hɛːmé̞raː hɛːmé̞raː G.sg. ἡμέρᾱς
17   Armenian: Western ōr օր ɔɾ oɾ
16   Armenian: Eastern ōr օր ɔɾ oɾ
5   Greek: Mycenaean -a-ma* 𐀀𐀔 aːmar aːmar Possibly attested in reduplicated adverbial a-mo-ra-ma /aːmor-aːmar/ 'daily' (in KN Am 600.a). Cf. Hom. ἦμαρ, Arcadian ἆμαρ 'day'. Cf. expression we-te-i-we-te-i (13x in PY Es 644) 'from year to year'.
7   Greek: New Testament hēméra ἡμέρα e̝ˈme̞ra e̝ˈme̞ra > 30 attestations in the NT.
11   Greek: Cypriot méra μέρα ˈmɛrɐ ˈmɛrɐ Alternative form: ημέρα.
13   Tsakonian: Peloponnese améra αμέρα aˈme̞ra aˈme̞ra
14   Tsakonian: Propontis améra αμέρα aˈme̞ra aˈme̞ra
12   Greek: Italiot (e)méra (ε)μέρα (e̞)ˈme̞ra (e̞)ˈme̞ra It.
10   Greek: Pontic īméra ημέρα iˈme̞rə iˈme̞ra
9   Greek: Cappadocian (ī)méra (η)μέρα (i)ˈmera (i)ˈmera
References
  • Beekes, Robert: 518
    S.v. ἧμαρ 'day' < PIE *Heh₂mer-. Attic ἡμέρα was the result of a secondary derivation. The Armenian form awr reflects a form *amōr, which may be found in the Mycenaean attestation of a-mo-ra-ma /āmōr-āmar/ 'day after day'.
  • Chantraine, Pierre: 412
    S.v. ἦμαρ. The earlier consonant stem ἦμαρ found in Mycenaean Greek and Homer was replaced by Attic-Ionic ἡμέρα, which had been remodelled as a feminine ā-stem noun. The aspiration found in the Attic form only (West Greek, Arcadian, Lesbian, etc. ἀμέρα) usually considered to be analogical on the basis of ἑσπέρα 'evening'.
  • Clackson, James: 96-97
    Cf. s.v. *ām-r/n 'day'.
  • Martirosyan, Hrach: 156
    S.v. Arm. awr 'day; time, age', connected with Gk. ἦμαρ, Arc. ἆμαρ, -ατος 'day', Att. ἠμέρα 'day', etc. and is likely to reflect earlier *āmōr from PIE *Heh₂m-ōr.