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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьmьnica

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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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From substantivized *tьmьnъ (dark) +‎ *-ica, from *tьma (dark) +‎ *-ьnъ.

Noun

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*tьmьnica f

  1. dungeon (< "something dark")

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Other:
    • Middle Low German: temenitze (prison, jail)
    • Romanian: temniță (prison, jail)
      • Sathmar Swabian: Temitz (prison)

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “темница”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “темний”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka