Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьmę

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.[1]

    Noun

    *jь̏mę n[1][2]

    1. name

    Declension

    Declension of *jь̏mę (n-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *jь̏mę *jь̏meni *jьmenà
    genitive *jь̏mene *jьmenù *jьmènъ
    dative *jь̏meni *jьmenьmà *jьmènьmъ
    accusative *jь̏mę *jь̏meni *jьmenà
    instrumental *jь̏menьmь *jьmenьmà *jьmený
    locative *jь̏mene *jьmenù *jьmènьxъ
    vocative *jь̏mę *jь̏meni *jьmenà

    Derived terms

    • *jьmenitъ (“famous”)
    • *jьmenovati (“to name”)
    • *jьměno (“name, title”)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: имѧ (imę)
      • Old Novgorodian: имѧ (imę)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎[2], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 493–564

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьmę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212:n. n ‘name’
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “jьmę jьmena”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c navn (NA 131; PR 138)