Q. asumo [þ] n. “friend at need, friend with shared interests, colleague” (Category: Friend)

Q. asumo [þ], n. “friend at need, friend with shared interests, colleague” (Category: Friend)

Reference ✧ PE22/166 ✧ aþumo “friend at need, friend with shared interests, colleague”

Elements

-mo	“agental suffix”

Derivations

• < ✶athmō “good companion” ✧ PE22/166
  • < √THĀ/ATHA “ease, comfort, heal; be helpful; be willing to assist (in any work, etc.), agree, consent” ✧ PE22/165 (ÞĀ̆/AÞA)

Phonetic Developments

✶athmō > aþumo

[atʰmō] ? [atʰumō] > [aθumō] > [aθumo] > [asumo]

✧ PE22/166