Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěmь

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 *śaim-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóy-m-, from *ḱey- (“to lie”).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian šeimà (“family”), šeimė (“family, household”), šeĩmas (“migration (of birds), nest, offspring”), Latvian sàime (“members of a household, (extended) family”).

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “village”) (< *ḱō(y)mā), Proto-Germanic *haimaz (< *ḱoy-mo-). Related to Lithuanian kaimas.

Noun

*sěmь m

1. living in the same village
2. household member

Inflection

Declension of *sěmь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sěmь	*sěmi	*sěmьje, *sěmľe*
genitive	*sěmi	*sěmьju, *sěmľu*	*sěmьjь, *sěmi*
dative	*sěmi	*sěmьma	*sěmьmъ
accusative	*sěmь	*sěmi	*sěmi
instrumental	*sěmьmь	*sěmьma	*sěmьmi
locative	*sěmi	*sěmьju, *sěmľu*	*sěmьxъ
vocative	*sěmi	*sěmi	*sěmьje, *sěmľe*

^* 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).

See also

• *sěminъ
• *sěmьja
• *sěmьjьstvo

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: сѣмь (sěmĭ) (Russian)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: сѣмь (sěmĭ)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 441
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “семья”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “семья”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 154
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “семья”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa