āmer- (āmōr, āmr̥ )

    āmer- (āmōr, āmr̥ )

    English meaning: day

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Tag”

    Material: Gk. horn. ἦμαρ, -ατος, Att. ἡμέρᾱ (Asper probably after ἑσπέρα, Sommer Gk. Ltst. 123), otherwise ἀ̄μέρα “day” (with Lenis, hence not to IE *sem- “ summer “; Lith. bei Boisacq s. v., wherefore Fick KZ. 43, 147); Arm. aur “day” (from *ümōr about *amur, *aumr; Meillet Esquisse 55). To the stem formation s. still J. Schmidt pl. 195 f., to Ion. μεσᾰμβρίη “ midday “ Boisacq under μεσημβρίᾱ. Van Windekens (Lexique 80) places here Toch. A omäl, В emalle “hot”, from IE *ümel-.

    References: WP. I 53, Schwyzer Gk. I 305, 481, 518.