Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tamo

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

From *ta +‎ *-mo.

Compare Latvian tām, Ancient Greek τῆμος (têmos) (Doric Greek τᾶμος (tâmos)).

Adverb

*tamo

1. there; thereto

See also

Type	*kъto	*jь	*jьnъ	*onъ	*ovъ	*sь	*tъ	*vьśь
Time	*kogъda	*jegъda	*jьnogъda	*onogъda	*ovogъda	*segъda	*togъda	*vьśegъda
Place (to)	*kǫda	*jǫdu	*jьnǫdu	*onǫda	*ovǫda	*sǫda	*tǫda	*vьśǫdu
Place (to/in)	*kamo	*jamo	*jьnamo	*onamo	*ovamo	*sěmo	*tamo	*vьśamo
Place (in)	*kъde	*jьde	*jьnъde	*onъde	*ovъde	*sьde	*tu	*vьśьde
Way	*kako	*jako	*jьnako	*onako	*ovako	*sice	*tako	*vьśako
Amount	*koliko	*jeliko	*jьnoliko	*onoliko	*ovoliko	*seliko	*toliko	—

Related terms

• *tako
• *tъ

Descendants

• East Slavic: тамо (tamo), тамъ (tamŭ)
  • Belarusian: там (tam)
  • Russian: там (tam)
  • Ukrainian: там (tam), та́ма (táma)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: тамо (tamo)

    Glagolitic: ⱅⰰⰿⱁ (tamo)

  • Bulgarian: там (tam), та́мо (támo)
  • Macedonian: таму (tamu)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та̏мо, та̏м

    Latin: tȁmo, tȁm

  • Slovene: tȁm (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: tamo, tame
    • Czech: tam
  • Old Polish: tam, tamo
    • Polish: tam
    • Silesian: tam
  • Slovak: tam
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: tamò, tam, tã
    • Slovincian: tã
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: tam
    • Lower Sorbian: tam

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “там”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “там”, 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 227