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
140   Catalan home ˈɔmə ˈɔmə
135   French homme ɔm ɔm
127   Italian uomo ˈwɔːmo ˈwɔmo
129   Ladin el ˈel
143   Portuguese homem ˈɔmɐ̃ĩ ˈɔmɐ̃ĩ
132   Sardinian: Logudoro omine ˈominɛ ˈominɛ
131   Sardinian: Nuoro ómine ˈomminɛ ˈomminɛ
142   Spanish hombre ˈɔmbɾe ˈombɾe
136   Walloon ome ɔm ɔm
158   Gaelic: Scottish duine dɯn̪ʲə human being
128   Friulian om ˈɔm ˈɔm Msg., mpl. umign, umigns, oms.
159   Gaelic: Manx dooinney dunʲə dunʲə duine
133   Old French ome
134   Anglo-Norman home
138   Franco-Provençal omo ˈɔmɞ̞ ˈɔmɔ
141   Old Spanish omne, ombre ˈomne, ˈombɾe
126   Neapolitan ommo ˈɔmmə ˈɔmmə
156   Breton: Treger den ˈdẽːn ˈdẽːn den 'man, person' (may be a woman); gwas 'he-man, farm-hand', also 'husband'
155   Breton: Gwened den dɛ̃ːn
150   Welsh: North dyn dɨːn dɨːn
149   Middle Welsh dyn dɨn
137   Old Occitan home also: om, and ome
139   Old Catalan hom, home ɔm ɔm 'ɔmə
125   Dalmatian: Vegliote jomno ˈjomno
117   Old High German gomo ˈɡomo ˈɡomo
109   Old English guma ˈɡumɑ ˈɡumɑ
116   Old Saxon gumo ˈɣumo ˈɣumo
151   Middle Cornish den deːn pl. tus [tyːz]
152   Late Cornish dean deːn pl. tîz, tees [tiːz]
144   Portuguese: Brazilian homem
130   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).