Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zmьja

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (see more in *zmьjь, *zemľa).

Noun

*zmьjà f

  1. snake

Declension

Declension of *zmьjà (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *zmьjà *zmьji *zmьję̇
genitive *zmьję̇ *zmьju *zmьjь
dative *zmьji *zmьjama *zmьjamъ
accusative *zmьjǫ *zmьji *zmьję̇
instrumental *zmьjejǫ, *zmьjǫ** *zmьjama *zmьjami
locative *zmьji *zmьju *zmьjasъ, *zmьjaxъ*
vocative *zmьje *zmьji *zmьję̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: змяя́ (zmjajá)
    • Russian: змея́ (zmejá)
    • Ukrainian: змія́ (zmijá)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “змея́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zmьjà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.