Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těmę
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
According to R. Matasović,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”) + *-mn̥, with eventual loss of pre-Slavic *g before *m. Vasmer and Snoj allude a possible relation to Proto-Slavic *tęti (“to chop”) from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-, however, such a derivation is semantically dubious and does not explain the long *-ě-. Sometimes also compared to Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”) of uncertain origin (probably from Proto-Indo-European *tweH- (“to swell”), akin to Proto-Slavic *tylъ (“back of the neck”)).
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *těmę | *tě̀meni | *tě̀menā |
| genitive | *tě̀mene | *tě̀menu | *tě̀menъ |
| dative | *tě̀meni | *tě̀menьma | *tě̀menьmъ |
| accusative | *těmę | *tě̀meni | *tě̀menā |
| instrumental | *tě̀menьmь | *tě̀menьma | *tě̀menȳ |
| locative | *tě̀mene | *tě̀menu | *tě̀menьxъ |
| vocative | *těmę | *tě̀meni | *tě̀menā |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “те́мя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “теме”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 926
References
- ^ Matasović , Ranko (2010) “The loss of *g before *m in Proto-Slavic”, in Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje 36/2[1], pages 299-306
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*těmę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 492
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “teme”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *tě̋mę, rod. *tě̋mene”