Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/umъ

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 *aum-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-m-o-, a derivation of *h₂ew- (to see, perceive). Cognate with Lithuanian aumuõ (mind) and indirectly Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, to perceive), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, openly, manifestly, evidently),[1] Latin audiō, and Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 (u-uḫ-ḫi, I see).

Noun

*ũmъ m[1]

  1. mind

Declension

Declension of *ũmъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *ũmъ *ūmà *ūmì
genitive *ūmà *ūmù *ũmъ
dative *ūmù *ūmòma *ūmòmъ
accusative *ũmъ *ūmà *ūmỳ
instrumental *ūmъ̀mь, *ūmòmь* *ūmòma *ũmy
locative *ūmě̀ *ūmù *ũměxъ
vocative *ume *ūmà *ūmì

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: умъ (umŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: умъ (um)
        • Belarusian: ум (um)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: ум (um)
        • Ukrainian: ум (um)
      • Russian: ум (um)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: оумъ (umŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱆⰿⱏ (umŭ)
    • Bulgarian: ум (um)
    • Macedonian: ум (um)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: у̑м
      Latin script: ȗm
    • Slovene: úm
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: um (literary)
    • Polish: um
    • Slovak: um

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ум”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*úmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508