Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/damús

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 Proto-Indo-European *dom-u-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (home; house).[1][2]

    Noun

    *damús m[1][2][3]

    1. house

    Inflection

    Declension of *damús (u-stem, mobile accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *damús *dámūˀ *dámawes
    accusative *dámun *dámūˀ *dámū(ˀ)ns
    genitive *damáus *damawáu *damawṓn
    locative *damḗuˀ *damawáu *damúšu
    dative *damáwei *damúmā(ˀ) *damúmas
    instrumental *dámūˀ (early forms) *damúmāˀ *damúmīˀs
    vocative *damáu *dámūˀ *dámawes

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: noms
      • Latvian: nams
      • Lithuanian: nãmas, api̇̀dėmė
      • Samogitian: noms
    • West Baltic:
      • Old Prussian: dimsti
    • Proto-Slavic: *dȍmъ (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dȏmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113:BSl. *domus
    2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “namas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
    3. ^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 93:*dȏmъ*dȏm