Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/umъ

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 *aum-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-m-o-, a derivation of *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”). Cognate with Lithuanian aumuõ (“mind”), possibly Sanskrit ॐ (oṃ) and indirectly Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to perceive”), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “openly, manifestly, evidently”),^[1] Latin audiō, and Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 (u-uḫ-ḫi, “I see”).

Noun

*ũmъ m^[1]

mind

Declension

Declension of *ũmъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ũmъ	*ūmà	*ūmì
genitive	*ūmà	*ūmù	*ũmъ
dative	*ūmù	*ūmòma	*ūmòmъ
accusative	*ũmъ	*ūmà	*ūmỳ
instrumental	ūmъ̀mь, ūmòmь^*	*ūmòma	*ũmy
locative	*ūmě̀	*ūmù	*ũměxъ
vocative	*ume	*ūmà	*ūmì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: умъ (umŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: умъ (um)
    - Belarusian: ум (um)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: ум (um)
    - Ukrainian: ум (um)
  - Russian: ум (um)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: оумъ (umŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱆⰿⱏ (umŭ)
- Bulgarian: ум (um)
- Macedonian: ум (um)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: у̑м
  
  Latin script: ȗm
- Slovene: úm
West Slavic:
- Czech: um (literary)
- Polish: um
- Slovak: um

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*úmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*úmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

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