Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zemľa
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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 edit
Etymology edit
With epenthetic */l/ from earlier *zemja, from *zemь + *-ja, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰðʰem- (given as *dʰǵʰ-em- in Derksen), the thorn-variant accusative singular of *dʰéǵʰōm.
Cognate with Lithuanian žẽmė (“earth”), Latvian zeme (“earth”), Old Prussian semmē (“earth”) ( = zemē, with s due to German orthography), Lithuanian žẽmas (“low”), Latvian zems (“low”), Avestan 𐬰𐬃 (zā̊, “earth”), (acc. 𐬰𐬆𐬨 (zəm)), Sanskrit क्ष (kṣá, “earth”), Persian زمین (zamin, “earth”), Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn, “earth”), Hittite [script needed] (tēkan, “earth”) (gen. [script needed] (taknas)), Latin humus (“ground”), Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”).
Noun edit
Declension edit
Declension of *zemľà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *zemľà | *zèmľi | *zemľę̇̀ |
| genitive | *zemľę̇̀ | *zemľù | *zèmľь |
| dative | *zemľì | *zemľàma | *zemľàmъ |
| accusative | *zemľǫ̀ | *zèmľi | *zemľę̇̀ |
| instrumental | *zemľèjǫ, *zèmľǫ** | *zemľàma | *zemľàmī |
| locative | *zemľì | *zemľù | *zemľàsъ, *zemľàxъ* |
| vocative | *zemľe | *zèmľi | *zemľę̇̀ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Declension of *zemľà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *zemľà | *zȅmľi | *zȅmľę̇ |
| genitive | *zemľę̇́ | *zemľù | *zèmľь |
| dative | *zemľì | *zemľàma | *zemľàmъ |
| accusative | *zȅmľǫ | *zȅmľi | *zȅmľę̇ |
| instrumental | *zemľejǫ́ | *zemľàma | *zemľàmi |
| locative | *zȅmľī | *zemľù | *zemľàsъ, *zemľàxъ* |
| vocative | *zemľe | *zȅmľi | *zȅmľę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: земя́ (zemjá)
- Macedonian: земја (zemja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: zémlja (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “земля́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 323
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “земля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zemļà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 542: “f. jā (b/c) ‘earth, land’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zemja zemjě”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 93, 142; SA 71, 84, 140, 188, 199); b/c (PR 138) land, earth”