Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěmь
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]*sěmь m
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Church Slavonic: сѣмь (sěmĭ) (Russian)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: сѣмь (sěmĭ)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Old Church Slavonic:
References
[edit]- 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
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic masculine nouns
- Proto-Slavic i-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic masculine i-stem nouns