Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *gAm-/-e-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to hold (in hand)

Tokharian: A, B kāmā- (p.p.) 'bear (away), carry (off)' (Adams 371)

Armenian: čim, čem `Zaun', čmlem `drücke, drücke zusammen'

Old Greek: gémō `voll, angefüllt, belastet sein', hom. aor. génto `er fasste, er griff', aor. kypr. apó-geme = áphelke. Kǘprioi. Hsch.; gémos n. `Last', gómo-s m. `Schiffsladung, Fracht, Last'; Salamin. hǘŋ-gemo-s =`завязка, повязка' (= süllabḗ Hsch.)

Slavic: *žę̄ti, *žьmǭ; *žьmenjā

Baltic: *gum̃- vb. tr.

Other Italic: Umbr gomia, kumiaf `gravidās' (> Lat gumia f. `Schlemmer, Fresser')

Celtic: MIr gemel `Fessel'; Cymr gefyn `Fessel'

Russ. meaning: сжимать в руке, содержать

References: WP I 572 f