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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těmę

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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

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Etymology

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According to R. Matasović,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (to cover) + *-mn̥, with eventual loss of pre-Slavic *g before *m. Vasmer and Snoj allude a possible relation to Proto-Slavic *tęti (to chop) from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂-, however, such a derivation is semantically dubious and does not explain the long *-ě-. Sometimes also compared to Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, body) of uncertain origin (probably from Proto-Indo-European *tweH- (to swell), akin to Proto-Slavic *tylъ (back of the neck)).

Noun

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*tě̀mę n[2][3]

  1. cranium

Declension

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “те́мя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “теме”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 926

References

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  1. ^ Matasović , Ranko (2010) “The loss of *g before *m in Proto-Slavic”, in Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje 36/2[1], pages 299-306
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*těmę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 492
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “teme”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *tě̋mę, rod. *tě̋mene