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
    • Polish: mianować
    • 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