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)