Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Voldiměrъ

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

Superficially a compound of *vold- +‎ *-měrъ. In both structure and semantics, the name is strikingly similar to the Germanic Waldemar, Woldemar (pre-Old High German *waldimӕ̄r-), for which reason some sources speculate it may be a borrowing or adaptation of that name.

Proper noun

*Voldiměrъ m

1. a male given name, Vladimir

Inflection

Declension of *Voldiměrъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Voldiměrъ	*Voldiměra	*Voldiměri
genitive	*Voldiměra	*Voldiměru	*Voldiměrъ
dative	*Voldiměru	*Voldiměroma	*Voldiměromъ
accusative	*Voldiměrъ	*Voldiměra	*Voldiměry
instrumental	*Voldiměrъmь, *Voldiměromь*	*Voldiměroma	*Voldiměry
locative	*Voldiměrě	*Voldiměru	*Voldiměrěxъ
vocative	*Voldiměre	*Voldiměra	*Voldiměri

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

Related terms

Related terms

• (1=*vold-)
  • *Voldiměrъ/*Voldimirъ
• (2=*-voldъ)
  • *Bělovoldъ
• (1=*mirъ)
  • *Miręta
  • *Mirogojь
  • *Mironěgъ
  • *Miroslavъ
  • *Bezmirъ
• (2=*mirъ/*měr-)
  • *Lixomirъ
  • *Meďimirъ
  • *Moldiměrъ/*Moldoměrъ
  • *Radoměrъ
  • *Ljuboměrъ/*Ljubomirъ
  • *Ljutoměrъ/*Ljutomirъ
  • *Jaroměrъ/*Jaromirъ
  • *Dorgomirъ
  • *Dobromirъ
  • *Bojьmirъ
  • *Ladoměrъ/*Ladomirъ
  • *Orstomirъ
  • *Ljudimirъ/*Ljudomirъ/*Ljudomira
  • *Čьstimirъ
  • *Myslimirъ
  • *Voldiměrъ/*Voldimirъ
  • *Lъžimirъ
  • *Ortimirъ
  • *Bornimirъ
  • *Budimirъ
  • *Klonimirъ
  • *Xornimirъ
  • *Xotimirъ
  • *Xvalimirъ
  • *Ljubimirъ
  • *Krěsimirъ
  • *Kaziměrъ/*Kazimirъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ)
    • Ukrainian: Володи́мир (Volodýmyr)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: Владимѣръ (Vladiměrŭ), Владимиръ (Vladimirŭ)
    • → Belarusian: Уладзі́мер (Uladzímjer)
    • → Russian: Влади́мир (Vladímir)
    • → Romanian: Vladimir
  • Bulgarian: Владимир (Vladimir)
  • Macedonian: Владимир (Vladimir)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Владимир
  • Slovene: Vladimir
  • → Ancient Greek: Βαλδίμερ (Baldímer)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: Vladimír
  • Kashubian: Włodzmiérz
  • Polish: Włodzimierz
  • Slovak: Vladimír
• → Lithuanian: valdýmiers

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Владимир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Володимер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “король”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 431
• Georgijev V. I. (1963) “Русское аканье и его отношение к системе фонем праславянского языка”, in Вопросы языкознания, volume 2, Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences Publishing House, page 22