Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/domъ

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 1

*dȍmъ (sense 1)

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *damús (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dom-u-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home; house”).

Noun

*dȍmъ m

2. house, home
3. what is in the house, e.g. family, property
4. lineage, generation
5. homeland

Declension

Declension of *dȍmъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dȍmъ	*dȍmy	*dȍmove
genitive	*dȍmu	*domovù	*domòvъ
dative	*dȍmovi	*domъmà	*dȍmъmъ
accusative	*dȍmъ	*dȍmy	*dȍmy
instrumental	*dȍmъmь	*domъmà	*domъmì
locative	*domú	*domovù	*dȍmъxъ
vocative	*domu	*dȍmy	*dȍmove

Derived terms

nouns

• *domařь m (“houseman”)
• *domosědъ m (“homebody”)
• *domovišče n (“big house”)
• *domovьje n (“dwelling”)
• *domъkъ m (diminutive)
• *podomъkъ m (“something related to house”)

 

verbs

• *domovati impf (“to live in a house”)

 

adjectives

• *domьskъ (“of house”)
• *domovъ (“of house”)

 

adverbs

• *doma (“in house”)
• *domovi (“houseward”)
• *domovь (“houseward”)

 

Related terms

nouns

• *domasědъ m (“homebody”)
• *domaťinъ m (“inmate”)
• *domažirъ m (“one who lives in the house”)
• *domovikъ m (“housekeeper”)
• *domovina f (“something close”)
• *domovьcь m (“inmate”)
• *domovьnikъ m (“householder, inmate”)

 

adjectives

• *domašь (“of house”)
• *domašьňь (“of house”)
• *domašьnъ (“of house”)
• *domaťь (“of house”)
• *domaťьňь (“of house”)
• *domaťьnъ (“of house”)
• *domovitъ (“rich”)
• *domovьnъ (“of house”)
• *domovьskъ (“of house”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: домъ (domŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: домъ (dom), дѡмъ (dôm), думъ (dum)
      • Belarusian: дом (dom)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: дӱм (düm); дом (dom)
      • Ukrainian: дім (dim)
    • Middle Russian: домъ (dom)
      • Russian: дом (dom)
  • Old Novgorodian: домъ (domŭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: домъ (domŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⱁⰿⱏ (domŭ)

  • Bulgarian: дом (dom)
  • Macedonian: дом (dom)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: до̑м

    Latin script: dȏm

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): dȏm
    • Kajkavian (Bednja): dyem
  • Slovene: dọ̑m (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dóm, dom
    • Czech: dům
  • Old Polish: dom
    • Polish: dom
    • Silesian: dōm
  • Old Slovak: dom
    • Pannonian Rusyn: дом (dom)
    • Slovak: dom
  • Polabian: düm
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: dóm
    • Slovincian: dóm
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: dom
    • Lower Sorbian: dom

Etymology 2

Accusative from *domъ (“house”) (see Etymology 1).

Adverb

*domъ

1. houseward

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: дом (dom) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: дом (dom) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: до̏м (dialectal)

    Latin script: dȍm (dialectal)

  • Slovene: dom (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dom
    • Czech: dom, dóm (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: dom
    • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: domk