Cognate Set 5141 – Meaning: house

IE-CoR reference form:
*dem-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Armenian, Iranic, Balto-Slavic, and Italic lexemes derived from PIE *dṓm, (gen.sg. *dém-s) 'house' (Martirosyan 2010:618, EWAia I:697, ALEW 684-686, Derksen 2015:328, ESSJa 5:72-73, Derksen 2008:113, de Vaan 2008:178-179).
Found in clades:
Armenian, Baltic, Iranic, Italic, Slavic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 5 clades by 23 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
124   Latin domus ˈdomus ˈdomus G.sg. domī
78   Old Church Slavonic domŭ домъ dɔmʊ̆ domʊ Possibly more like 'home', also with abstract meanings.
88   Polish dom dɔm dom
95   Sorbian: Lower dom dɔm dɔm 'Twarjenje' and 'chrom' mean 'building'.
94   Sorbian: Upper dom dɔm dɔm
93   Czech dům duːm duːm
91   Slovak dom dɔm dom
99   Ukrainian dìm дім dʲim dim 'house' with a tendency to 'home'
98   Belarusian dom дом dɔm dom
97   Russian dom дом dɔm dom
15   Armenian: Classical town տուն tun t-u/an- From PIE *dōm.
16   Armenian: Eastern town տուն tun t-un
17   Armenian: Western town տուն dun d-un
133   Sardinian: Nuoro (d)ommo ˈommo ˈdommo
134   Sardinian: Logudoro domo ˈdommo ˈdommo
76   Lithuanian nãmas ˈnɑːmɐs ˈnɑːmas
46   Avestan: Younger nmāna 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 nmaːna Older form dmāna, cf. also dam- N.m "house"
87   Old Polish dom doːm doːm
92   Old Czech dóm ˈdɔ̝ːm ˈdoːm
96   Old Novgorod domŭ домъ dɔm dɔm
57   Kurdish C.: Jafi māɫ mɑɫ
58   Kurdish S.: Elami māḷ mɒlˁ The word māḷ is commonly used, but its meaning extends to a residence generally, and can also be used for tents where nomads live. The word xānıg necessarily refers to a house constructed with hard materials.
59   Kurdish S.: Qorveh māḷ mɑɭ
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 113
    S.v. Proto-Slavic *domъ 'house', from PIE *dom-u- (cf. Lat. domus).
  • Derksen, Rick: 328
    S.v. Lith. nãmas 'house, (pl.) home'. Despite the enigmatic development *d- > n (possibly from a zero-grade *dm- before a vowel?), the connection with PIE *dem-/*dom- remains the best possible etymology.
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 684-686
    S.v. OLith. nãmas 'Haus' (BSl. Latv. nams 'Hüte, Sommerküche, kleines Gebäude', OCS domъ 'Haus', etc.), from PIE *dóm-/*dém- 'Haus' (cf. Ved. G.pl. damā́m 'Haus', thematic dáma- 'Haus, häuslicher Herrschaftsbereich', YAv. G.sg. də̄ṇg in də̄ṇg patōiš 'des Hausherrn', L.sg. dąm, dąmi 'im Haus', Gk. δεσπότης 'Hausherr', Arm. town 'Haus', Lat. domus 'Haus'). The n in initial position may be explained as a secondary assimilation to the following m.
  • Martirosyan, Hrach: 618
    S.v. Arm. tun 'house'. From PIE *dṓm, (gen.sg. *dém-s) 'house' (cf. Skt. dám-, Av. dam-, Gk. δῶ 'house',  δῶμα 'house, temple', Lat. domus 'house, household', OCS domъ 'house', etc.).
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: I:697
    S.v. Ved. dam- 'Haus' (IIr. OAv., YAv. dam- 'Haus, Wohnung', etc.). From PIE *dṓm, (gen.sg. *dém-s) 'house'.
  • Trubačev, O. N.: 5: 72-73
    PS *domŭ is derived from PIE *domu-s, cf. Latin domus etc.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 178-179
    S.v. Lat. domus, -ī, / -ūs. The Latin (and Slavic) forms are from a u-stem derivative of PIE *dōm, *dem- 'house' (Skt. dám-, Av. dam- < *de/om-; Skt. dáma- 'house', Gk. δόμος 'house, layer of bricks' < *dóm-o-, Russ. дом 'house', (L.sg. дому) < *dom-u-)