Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šumъ

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 *šu- + *-mъ. According to Pokorny, ultimately from the onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root *kū- (“to howl”), see also Proto-Celtic *kuwannos (“owl”), Lithuanian šaũkti (“to shout, yell, cry”), šaũksmas (“scream, cry”), Sanskrit कुक्कुट (kukkuṭa, “rooster”).

Noun

*šumъ m

1. noise

Inflection

Declension of *šumъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*šumъ	*šuma	*šumi
genitive	*šuma	*šumu	*šumъ
dative	*šumu	*šumoma	*šumomъ
accusative	*šumъ	*šuma	*šumy
instrumental	*šumъmь, *šumomь*	*šumoma	*šumy
locative	*šumě	*šumu	*šuměxъ
vocative	*šume	*šuma	*šumi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: шумъ (šumŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: шумъ (šum)
      • Belarusian: шум (šum)
      • Ukrainian: шум (šum)
    • Russian: шум (šum)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: шоумъ (šumŭ)
  • Bulgarian: шум (šum)
  • Macedonian: шум (šum)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: шу̑м

    Latin script: šȗm

  • Slovene: šȗm
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: šum
  • Kashubian: szëmòt
  • Old Polish: szum
    • Polish: szum
  • Slovak: šum
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: šum
    • Upper Sorbian: šum

Further reading

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