*Nemes-

The EIEC lists the following: "*nemes- "(sacred) grove." OIr neimed
"sacred grove, sanctuary," Lat nemus "wood with pasture land for cattle,
sacred grove," OSax nimidas "sacred grove," Grk nemos, "wooded pasture,
glade."...The distrubution of solid cognates indicates a word of the west and
center of the IE world."

Could someone provide further information on the root *nemes, more
specifically if the root changes in the oblique cases, if the nominative
would be *nemes, what declension it belongs to? The way the form is cited is
confusing me for some reason because of the hyphen after the "s", and the
only form I can think of offhand that is cited in a similar manner is *yewes-
"law", where I thought the root changed to *yewer- in the oblique cases
(based on the Latin oblique stem iur-, but I think I may be wrong). Based on
the Old Irish and Old Saxon evidence, as well as the Gaulish nemeton, I
thought the root might change to a dental voiced or unvoiced stop (either *t
or *d).

Chad Brown