Cognate Set 907 – Meaning: man

IE-CoR reference form:
*dʰég̑ʰ-om-, *dʰg̑ʰ-ém-, *dʰg̑ʰ-m-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Proposed as cognate to:
*mannan- [Proto-Germanic] scale: 0
Justification:
Germanic, Italic, and Celtic lexemes derived from PIE *dʰég̑ʰ-om- 'earth' (NIL 86-99, cf. Kroonen 2013:195, de Vaan 2008:287-288, Matasović 2009:156, ALEW 1323).
Found in clades:
Celtic, Germanic, Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 3 clades by 31 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
141   Catalan home ˈɔmə ˈɔmə
136   French homme ɔm ɔm
129   Italian uomo ˈwɔːmo ˈwɔmo
131   Ladin el ˈel
144   Portuguese homem ˈɔmɐ̃ĩ ˈɔmɐ̃ĩ
134   Sardinian: Logudoro omine ˈominɛ ˈominɛ
133   Sardinian: Nuoro ómine ˈomminɛ ˈomminɛ
143   Spanish hombre ˈɔmbɾe ˈombɾe
137   Walloon ome ɔm ɔm
159   Gaelic: Scottish duine dɯn̪ʲə human being
130   Friulian om ˈɔm ˈɔm Msg., mpl. umign, umigns, oms.
160   Gaelic: Manx dooinney dunʲə dunʲə duine
135   Anglo-Norman home
139   Franco-Provençal omo ˈɔmɞ̞ ˈɔmɔ
142   Old Spanish omne, ombre ˈomne, ˈombɾe
128   Neapolitan ommo ˈɔmmə ˈɔmmə
157   Breton: Treger den ˈdẽːn ˈdẽːn den 'man, person' (may be a woman); gwas 'he-man, farm-hand', also 'husband'
156   Breton: Gwened den dɛ̃ːn
151   Welsh: North dyn dɨːn dɨːn
150   Middle Welsh dyn dɨn
138   Old Occitan home also: om, and ome
140   Old Catalan hom, home ɔm ɔm 'ɔmə
127   Dalmatian: Vegliote jomno ˈjomno
119   Old High German gomo ˈɡomo ˈɡomo
111   Old English guma ˈɡumɑ ˈɡumɑ
118   Old Saxon gumo ˈɣumo ˈɣumo
101   Gothic guma 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 ˈɡuma ˈɡuma
152   Middle Cornish den deːn pl. tus [tyːz]
153   Late Cornish dean deːn pl. tîz, tees [tiːz]
145   Portuguese: Brazilian homem
132   Milanese òm om
References
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 1323
    Cf. s.v. OLith. žmuõ, žmuõj 'Mensch, Mann' (BSl. OPr. smoy 'Mann, Mensch'), from PIE *(dʰ)g̑ʰ-m-on- 'Mensch, Mann' (cf. Lat. homō, -inis 'Mensch, Mann', Osc. humuns 'Mensch', Umbr. homonus 'id.', Goth. guma 'Mensch, Mann', ON gumi 'id.', OHG gomo 'id.').
  • Kroonen, Guus: 195
    S.v. Proto-Germanic *guman- 'man', from PIE *dʰg̑ʰm-on- (cf. Lith. žmónės (m.pl.) 'men', Lat. homō 'man' < *dʰg̑ʰm-on-).
  • Lipp, Reiner: 115-132
  • Matasović, Ranko: 156
    S.v. Proto-Celtic *gdonyo- 'human, person', from PIE *dʰg̑ʰom-i̯o- 'human, earthling' (cf. Lat. homō, Goth. guma).
  • Scarborough, Matthew:
    On the proposed cognacy of the Germanic lexemes from Proto-Germanic *mannan- to this class, cf. the notes in [cognate set 8248](cog-8248).
  • Wodtko, Dagmar S. and Irslinger, Britta and Schneider, Carolin: 86-99
    Cf. s.v. *dʰég̑ʰ-om-, *dʰg̑ʰ-ém-, *dʰg̑ʰ-m-´-, *g̑ʰ-m̥-m-´-, f. 'Erde' (IEW 414ff.).
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 287-288
    S.v. homō, -inis 'human being, man', from PIE *dʰg̑ʰ(e)m-ōn- (nom.sg.), *dʰg̑ʰm-on-m (acc.sg.) 'earthling, human' (cf. OIr. duine, W. dyn, Co., Bret. den 'man' < Proto-Celtic *doni̯o-; OPruss. smunents, smūnets 'man', OLith. žmuõ 'person', Goth. guma 'man', OHG gomo, OIc. gume).