Comparative evidence

h₁em

• Lat. sūmō -ere, perf. sūmpsī ‘to take into one’s hands’, ‘take up’, ‘put on’, ‘take’, ‘seize’ (OLD: 1870)

• Lat. emō -ere ‘take’, ‘buy’, ‘purchase’, ‘gain’,‘win over’, ‘bribe’, ‘procure’ (OLD: 605)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.