Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *AmisīScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_amisī
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Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001Mže a hydronyma jejího povodí ve světle etymologieVáclavBlažekActa Universitatis Carolinae Philologica 2024(1)59-702024Österreichische Namenforschung 42HaraldBichlmeierAmmerbach und etymologisch Verwandtes22–342014The Etymology of Old Irish ind-aimCalvertWatkinsLanguage, Vol. 35, No. 118-201959*h₂emH-to pour, spill/pour out; irrigateamëspring; riverbedἀμάρηchannel, trench𒀀𒈪𒅀𒊏ditch, canal, channelअमत्रvessel, drinking bowlամանvesselἄμηbucket, pailind-aimwashes (hands and feet)adh-aimwashes (hands and feet)
propnfeminineī/jō-stemthe river EmsProbably ultimately from an old Indo-European hydronym, though it is uncertain whether the name was inherited directly within Germanic or transmitted from an earlier Indo-European hydronymic stratum. Late Proto-Germanic *Amisī ~ *Amiz(i)jōz is reconstructed from early Proto-Germanic *Amísī ~*Amis(i)jṓs < Proto-Indo-European *h₂emH-é/ís-ih₂ ~ *h₂emH-é/ís-i̯éh₂-s, ultimately based on PIE root *h₂emH-Bichlmeier 2014: 26–28Blažek 2024: 60–62Rix et al. 2001: s.v. *h₂emH-. Probable cognates or related formations include Albanian amë, Ancient Greek ἀμάρη, Hittite 𒀀𒈪𒅀𒊏 , and Old Irish ind-aim/adh-aim, with possible further relatives Vedic Sanskrit अमत्र, Armenian աման, and Ancient Greek ἄμηWatkins 1959: 18–20. The ancient forms Amasias, Amissis, Amisia, and Amisios, together with medieval Emisa and Old Saxon Emese, support the reconstruction, while several other related hydronyms in Germany and France point to a wider ancient European hydronymic family Blažek 2024: 60–62.