Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slimakъ

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 *sleiˀm-, from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y-m-, from the root *sleh₁y-, *sley- (“smooth, slick, sticky, slimy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax, “slug”), Latin līmāx (“slug”).

Noun

*slimakъ m

snail

Declension

Declension of *slimakъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*slimakъ	*slimaka	*slimaci
genitive	*slimaka	*slimaku	*slimakъ
dative	*slimaku	*slimakoma	*slimakomъ
accusative	*slimakъ	*slimaka	*slimaky
instrumental	slimakъmь, slimakomь^*	*slimakoma	*slimaky
locative	*slimacě	*slimaku	*slimacěxъ
vocative	*slimače	*slimaka	*slimaci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *слимакъ (*slimakŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: слима́къ (slimák)
    - Belarusian: сліма́к (slimák), сьліма́к (sʹlimák) — Taraškievica orthography
    - Ukrainian: слима́к (slymák), (dialectal) слима́ґ (slymág), сломо́к (slomók), слимба́к (slymbák)
  - Russian: (dialectal) слима́к (slimák)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: (dialectal) слимук (slimuk)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: slimák
  - Czech: slimák
- Old Polish: ślimak
  - Polish: ślimak
  - Silesian: ślimŏk
- Slovak: slimák
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: slinik
  - Upper Sorbian: šlink

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slimakъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453
ESSJa ^prosp., page 79: “*slimakъ”
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “слима́к”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress