μήδι-μι

Μηδί, Μηδίς

Median woman: fem voc sg

Grammatical information: pron. pers.

Meaning: `we, us' (Il.).

Other forms: acc. ἡμᾶς, Ion. ἡμέας, Dor. ἁ̄μές, acc. ἁ̄μέ, Aeol. ἄμμες, acc. ἄμμε

Derivatives: Possessive ἡμέ-τερος, Dor. ἁμέ-τερος, ἁμός, Aeol. ἀμμέ-τερος, ἄμμος `our'. The acc. ἁ̄μέ, ἄμμε go back on *ἀσμε (s. below) and gave through adopting nominal inflexion the nom. ἁ̄μές, ἄμμες, then also ἡμεῖς (from - έες) with the new acc. ἡμέας, and with irregular contraction ἡμᾶς. Then came the genetives ἡμῶν, ἡμέων, ἁ̄μέων, ἀμμέων. On the datives ἡμῖν etc. s. below.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [35] *ne\/os `we'

Etymology: The archaic ἁ̄μέ, ἄμμε \< *ἀσμε agree exactly with Av. ahma `us'; in Skt. asmā́n `id.' it got the nominal ending. Other forms like Skt. nas (enclitic), Lat. nōs, Goth. uns \< IE *nō̆s resp. *n̥s show for *ἀσμε = Av. ahma IE basis with added element - sme: *n̥sme \< *n̥s-sme. The spiritus in ἁ̄μ-, ἡμ- could be analogical after ὑμ-. - The dativ ἡμῖν, Dor. ἁ̄μῑ̆ν, Aeol. ἄμμι(ν) from *ἀσμι(ν) recalls the Indo-Iranian demonstratives and interrogatives Av. ahmi, ásmin `in eo', Av. kahmi, Skt. kásmin `in quo?'; cf Cret. ὅτι-μι, μήδι-μι. The long - ῖν is an innovation (after the longvowel endings in ἡμ-ῶν, - εῖς etc.?). - Greek like Latin and Celtic lost the specific nominative for `we', Goth. weis, Hitt. u̯ēš, Skt. vay-ám etc. and used the acc. - Details Schwyzer 600ff.

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