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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *kām- / -ē-
Meaning: to long for, to wish
Tokharian: ? B kāñm- 'to play' (Adams 150)
Old Indian: kā́ma- m. `wish, desire, love'; kāmayati, pqpf. med. cakamāná- `to wish, desire, love'; kamara- `desirous, lustrous' (L.), kamana- id.
Avestan: kāma- m. `Verlangen, Wunsch'
Other Iranian: OPers kāma- m. `Verlangen, Wunsch'
Baltic: *kā̂m-ē̂- (1) vb., *kam-ar-ā̂ f.
Germanic: *xēm-id-ō- vb., *xēm-ia- vb.
Russ. meaning: стремиться, желать
References: WP I 325 f
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *kā̂m-ē̂- (1) vb., *kam-ar-ā̂ f.
Meaning: striving, hunger
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: { kamarōs pl. `Geilheit' }
Lettish: kãmêt (-ẽju) `hungern; schmachten nach etw.'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *xēmidōn- vb., *xēmian- vb.
Meaning: fornicate
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Swedish: hǟfda `stuprare'
Old English: hǟman (-de; -ed) `beischlafen'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 800
Root: kā-
English meaning: to like, wish
German meaning: `gern haben, begehren'
Derivatives: kā-ro- `lieb, begehrlich'; aus *kā-mo- `Verlangen' entstand schon idg. kā̆m- `begehren'
Material: Ai. kā́yamāna- `gern habend' (ā-kāyíya- `begehrenswert' mit aus diesem i̯o-Präsens verschlepptem-y-), Perf. cakḗ `sich woran erfreuen, lieben, begehren', -kāti- (in Kompos.) `heischend, verlangend'; av. kā- `wonach verlangen' (kayā 1. Sg., kāta-; čakuše);

    -mo-St. ai. kā́ma- m. `Begehren, Wunsch, Liebe', av. apers. kāma- m. `Verlangen, Wunsch';

    kā̆m- in ai. kāmáyati, Part. Perf. Med. cakamāná-; kamra- `reizend, schön', kamana- `begierig, lüstern'; lit. kamaros `Geilheit' und lett. kãmêt `hungern'.

    ro-St.: lat. cārus `lieb, wert, teuer (auch vom Preise)'; got. hors (*hōra-) `Ehebrecher, Hurer', aisl. hōrr ds., hōr n. `Buhlerei, Unzucht', ags. hōr n. ds., ahd. huor n. ds., ahd. huora (und huorra aus *hōriōn-) `Hure', ags. hōre, aisl. hōra- (*hōrōn-) ds.; lett. kārs `lüstern, begehrlich' (kāruôt `begehren, verlangen');

    reduktionsstufig gall. Carant-us, -illus usw., abrit. Carant-īnus, -orius, air. caraim `liebe', carae `Freund'; cymr. corn. bret. car `Freund' (*kǝ-rānt-s), cymr. caraf `ich liebe'; über (gall.?) caris(s)a s. WH. I 169; toch. Akk. Sg. A krant, В krent `gut' (= kelt. carant-).

    Beruht ar. kan- (ai. Perf. cākana, Aor. akāniṣam, av. čakana), can- (ai. caniṣṭám; ai. cánas- n. `Gefallen, Befriedigung', av. čanah-, činah- `Verlangen, Heischen') `befriedigt sein, Gefallen finden', av. činman- n. `Begehren, Trachten' auf einem idg. -(e)nes-St. k-e-nes-? Die Formen cani-, kani- können ebenso sekundär sein wie kami-ṣyate, -tar- neben kāma- (wenn Stokes KZ. 40, 246 mit Recht mir. cin, Gen. cena `Liebe, Zuneigung' als *kenu- vergliche, wäre k-en- : -wie ks-en- : kes- u. dgl. zu beurteilen).

    Ai. cā́ru- `angenehm, willkommen, lieblich', cāyamāna- begehrlich', nicāyya- ds., cāyú- `begehrend', mit erst ind. Ersatz von k durch c nach dem Nebeneinander von kan- und can- (s. oben).

References: WP. I 325 f., WH. I 169, 175, 885, 886, Pedersen Toch. 109, 234.
Pages: 515
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