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|etymtx=-άδος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">young deer, young dog</b> (Κ 361, A. R., Call.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">κεμμάς</b> (Q. S., AP, H.; hypocor. gemination? and <b class="b3">κεμφάς</b> (H.; after the animal's names in <b class="b3">-φάς</b>, <b class="b3">-φος</b> as <b class="b3">γρομφάς</b>?)<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">κεμαδο-σσόος</b> [[hunting young deer]] (Nonn.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κεμήλιος</b> surn. of Dionysos (Alc. G 1, 8); after the dress, cf. Gentili Maia 2 : 3-4, 2f., Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 570f.; suffix however remarkable; cf. Risch IF 33, 195 with other interpretations; s. also on <b class="b3">κειμήλιον</b>. Note also [[κέμων]] (s. v.)<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [556; cf. 929 <b class="b2">*sḱem-</b>] <b class="b2">*ḱem-</b> [[without horn]]<br />Etymology: Deriv. in <b class="b3">-άς</b>, either from an <b class="b2">o-</b>stem <b class="b3">*κέμος</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">śámaḥ</b> [[without horn]] (cf. <b class="b3">λίθος</b> : <b class="b3">λιθάς</b>) or from an <b class="b2">m-</b>stem (<b class="b3">νίφ-α</b> : <b class="b3">νιφάς</b>), also found in the German. word for <b class="b2">(female) dog</b>, e. g. OHG [[hinta]] f. (PGm. <b class="b2">*hin-ðī́</b> [<b class="b2">-ði̯ō</b>] < IE. <b class="b2">*ḱem-tī́</b> like [[hund]], PGm. <b class="b2">*hun-ða-</b> < IE. <b class="b2">*ḱu̯n̥-tó-</b>; s. <b class="b3">κύων</b>). Direct suffixal connection between <b class="b3">κεμάς</b> and the German. word is not to be supposed. The zero grade of the <b class="b2">m-</b>stem is retained in Lith. <b class="b2">šm-ùlas</b> [[without horn]]. Lubotsky, System 76 assumes <b class="b2">*ḱemh₂-</b>. - Wrong Specht Ursprung 132 a. 264. Cf. also Lüders KZ 56, 282ff.