Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kh₂em-

Root

 * 1) to bend, to curve
 * 2) to smooth

Reconstruction notes
The presence of short in all descendants is difficult to explain (see de Vaan (2008) and Beekes (2010:633) for notes), and the validity of a root structure  is not universally accepted. An alternative, though equally tentative, solution is that some or all of the cognate set are derived from a common continuum. Beekes was convinced that the Greek terms point to or some other European substratum. Compare.

Kroonen links, and  with a different root,.

Derived terms

 * *kh₂m-(e)r-


 * *kh₂ém-iH-no-s


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 * *kh₂em-dʰ(h₁)-


 * *kh₂em-p-
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