Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kumъ

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 earlier *kъmotrъ, from Latin compater.

Noun

*kumъ m[1]

  1. godfather

Declension

Declension of *kumъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kumъ *kuma *kumi
genitive *kuma *kumu *kumъ
dative *kumu *kumoma *kumomъ
accusative *kumъ *kuma *kumy
instrumental *kumъmь, *kumomь* *kumoma *kumy
locative *kumě *kumu *kuměxъ
vocative *kume *kuma *kumi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кумъ (kumŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: кумъ (kum)
      • Russian: кум (kum)
    • Old Novgorodian: коуме (kume)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: коумъ (kumŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ку̑м
      Latin script: kȗm
    • Slovene: kȗm (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: kum
    • Slovak: kum (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kumъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
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