Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Rimъ

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 Late Latin Rōma. The substitution of ō with *i is enigmatic; many implausible propositions have been made. The source was probably Germanic (compare Proto-Germanic *Rūmō); it is possible to think of a back-formation from *rĩmьskъ, from a reflex of Proto-Germanic *Rūmiskaz with umlaut.

Proper noun

*Rĩmъ m

  1. Rome

Declension

Declension of *Rĩmъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b, uncountable)
singular
nominative *Rĩmъ
genitive *Rīmà
dative *Rīmù
accusative *Rĩmъ
instrumental *Rīmъ̀mь, *Rīmòmь*
locative *Rīmě̀
vocative *Rime

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

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Slovene: Rím (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Рим”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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