Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/somъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śámas, cognate to Latvian sams, Lithuanian šãmas, further etymology unknown.

Noun edit

*sòmъ m

catfish

Declension edit

Declension of *sòmъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sòmъ	*somà	*somì
genitive	*somà	*somù	*sòmъ
dative	*somù	*somòma	*somòmъ
accusative	*sòmъ	*somà	*somỳ
instrumental	somъ̀mь, somòmь^*	*somòma	*sòmy
locative	*somě̀	*somù	*sòměxъ
vocative	*some	*somà	*somì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: сомъ (som)
  - Belarusian: сом (som)
  - Ukrainian: сом (som); сім (sim), сум (sum), сон (son) (dialectal)
- Middle Russian: сомъ (som)
  - Russian: сом (som)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: сом (som)
- Macedonian: сом (som)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: со̏м
  
  Latin script: sȍm
- Slovene: sòm (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: som
  - ⇒ Czech: sumec
- Old Polish: som
  - Polish: sum
- ⇒ Slovak: sumec
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: som