Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьmenovati

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 *jьmę +‎ *-ovati.

    Verb

    *jьmenovati impf

    1. to name

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    • *jьmenovanьje

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: именовати (imenovati)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: jmenovati
      • Old Polish:
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: mianowac
      • Old Slovak: imenovať, jmenovať, menovať
        • Pannonian Rusyn: меновац (menovac)
        • Slovak: menovať
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: mjenować
        • Lower Sorbian: mjenowaś

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьmenovati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 225