sēmi- (*ghemi-)

    sēmi- (*ghemi-)

    English meaning: half

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “halb” as 1. composition part

    Material: O.Ind. sümí - “half” (á-sümi- adj. “not half, vollständig”); Gk. ἡμι- “half” (ἥμισυς “half” from originally ἥμιτυς m. “*half”, compare Cret. ἠμιτυ-έκτου, epid. ἡμίτεια; ἡμίνα “half”); Lat. sēmi- (sēmus late Adjektivierung); sēmis indekl. “half” probably after bis; O.H.G. sümi-, O.S. süm-; compare Lat. sēmi-vivus, Gk. ἡμί-βιος, O.H.G. sümi-queck, O.S. süm-quick “halbtot”. Maybe Alb.Gheg (*ghem-us) glymsë, gjymsë , Tosc gjysmë “half” [common Alb. gh- > gl- > gj- : lith. gh- > dz- phonetic mutation] : Rom. jumůtate “half” : Gk. ἥμισυς “half” preservation of the old laryngeal.

    References: WP. II 493, WH. II 512 f.