Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/duma

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

Traditionally viewed^[1] (per Miklošič, Ulhenbeck, Berneker) as a Germanic borrowing, ultimately from (some derivative of) Proto-Germanic *dōmaz (“judgement”), perhaps a deverbal of *dumati (“to think”).

Attempts for native etymology include:

Mladenov, Stender-Petersen: From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”), akin to Proto-Slavic *duti (“to blow, to inflate”), *dymъ (“smoke”), perhaps originally meaning “breath, spirit”. Compare Ancient Greek θῡμός (thūmós, “soul, emotion”), occasionally also “thought, mind”.
Vaillant: Contracted from hypothetical *douma < *do- +‎ *umъ (“mind”) +‎ *-a. Compare *douměti (“to comprehend”) (whence Russian надоу́мить (nadoúmitʹ, “to advise”)).
Machek: From an inversion of root *mewHdʰ-, otherwise yielding Proto-Slavic *myslь (“thought”), Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, fable”).

Fick tentatively compares the Slavic word with Phrygian δουμος (doumos) (of dubious meaning), Ancient Greek θαῦμᾰ (thaûmă, “wonder, miracle”) (< pre-Hellenic *dʰeh₂w-), based on phonetic similarities.

Noun

*dùma f^[1]^[2]^[3]

Declension

Declension of *dùma (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dùma	*dùmě	*dùmy
genitive	*dùmy	*dùmu	*dùmъ
dative	*dùmě	*dùmama	*dùmamъ
accusative	*dùmǫ	*dùmě	*dùmy
instrumental	dùmojǫ, dùmǭ^**	*dùmama	*dùmamī
locative	*dùmě	*dùmu	dùmasъ, dùmaxъ^*
vocative	*dùmo	*dùmě	*dùmy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*dumica, *dumъka (diminutive)
*dumьcь (“prater”)

Descendants

Church Slavonic: дума (duma) (Russian)

East Slavic: дума (duma, “advice, council; thought, intention; like-minded persons”), Дума (Duma)
- Belarusian: ду́ма (dúma, “thought”)
- Russian: ду́ма (dúma, “thought”)
  - → Bulgarian: дума (duma)
  - → Buryat: дүүмэ (düüme)
  - → Chinese: 杜馬 / 杜马 (dùmǎ)/杜马 (dùmɑ̌)
  - → English: duma
  - → Finnish: duuma
  - → Finnish: tuuma
  - → Macedonian: дума (duma)
  - ⇒ Mongolian: дум (dum)
  - → Romanian: dumă
  - → Yakut: дума (duma)
- Ukrainian: ду́ма (dúma, “thought; epic song”)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ду́ма (dúma, “word, thought”)
- Macedonian: dial. дума (duma, “thought”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ду̏ма (“(secret) thought; speech; mind, reason, memory”)
  
  Latin script: dȕma
West Slavic:
- Polish: duma (“pride, self-esteem, arrogance”)
- Slovak: duma (“thinking, reasoning”)

Non-Slavic:
- → Latvian: duõma (“thought”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic‎^[1], Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 77: “PSl. *duma ‘advice, thought, opinion’ (f. ā-stem)”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “duma”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “odmẹ́vati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *dűma”

[Pronk-Tiethoff-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic‎^[1], Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 77: “PSl. *duma ‘advice, thought, opinion’ (f. ā-stem)”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “duma”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “odmẹ́vati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *dűma”

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