Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źeimā́ˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    From pre-Balto-Slavic *ǵʰeyméh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm.[1][2]

    Noun

    *źeimā́ˀ f[1][2][3][4]

    1. winter

    Inflection

    Declension of *źeimā́ˀ (ā-stem, mobile accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *źeimā́ˀ *źéimāiˀ *źéimās
    accusative *źéimā(ˀ)n *źéimāiˀ *źéimā(ˀ)ns
    genitive *źeimā́(ˀ)s *źeimā́u(ˀ) *źeimṓn
    locative *źeimā́iˀ *źeimā́u(ˀ) *źeimā́(ˀ)su
    dative *źéimāi *źeimā́(ˀ)(ˀ) *źeimā́(ˀ)mas
    instrumental *źéimāˀn *źeimā́(ˀ)māˀ *źeimā́(ˀ)mīˀs
    vocative *źéima *źéimāiˀ *źéimās

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: zīma
      • Latvian: zìema
      • Lithuanian: žiemà
      • Samogitian: žėima
    • West Baltic:
      • Old Prussian: semo (i.e. zemo)
    • Proto-Slavic: *zimà (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zimà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 544:*źeimaʔ
    2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “ziema”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518:*źeimaʔ
    3. ^ Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
    4. ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017), The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114