i̯ā̆m-

i̯ā̆m-
    i̯ā̆m-
    English meaning: to dig
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “graben, aufgraben”
    Note: (or i̯em- : i̯em- : i̯ōm-)
    Material: Gk. ἄμη f. ‘shovel, hack, mattock, hoe”, δι-αμάω “grabe auf, scharre auf”, ἐξαμάω, -ομαι “grabe from”; ἀμάρᾱ “ditch, trench, channel, canal, furrow”, ἀμαρεύω “bewässere”; O.C.S. jama “pit, pothole” (originally anlaut j- erwiesen through das O.Bulg. and through das dial. Russ. ńama, grown from *vъn-jamě, *jamǫ).
    References: WP. I 198 f., Berneker 444.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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