Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьmo

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

Compare with Old Lithuanian -imas and Lithuanian -imas.

Suffix

*-ьmo n

1. Deverbal, from the root, forming nouns.

   *derǫ̀ (“to tear, flay”) → *derьmò

   *kurìti (“to smoke”) → *kũrьmo

   *pišǫ̀ (“to write”) → *pisьmò

   *pově̀siti (“to hang”) → *pově̀sьmo

   *oràti (“to plough”) → *orьmò

2. Deadjectival, from the root, forming noun.

   *bě̀lъ (“white”) (or verb *bě̀liti?) → *bě̀lьmo

3. Deverbal, from the root, forming adverbs.

   *darìti → *darьmò

Declension

Declension of *-ьmo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-ьmo	*-ьmě	*-ьma
genitive	*-ьma	*-ьmu	*-ьmъ
dative	*-ьmu	*-ьmoma	*-ьmomъ
accusative	*-ьmo	*-ьmě	*-ьma
instrumental	*-ьmъmь, *-ьmomь*	*-ьmoma	*-ьmy
locative	*-ьmě	*-ьmu	*-ьměxъ
vocative	*-ьmo	*-ьmě	*-ьma

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

See also

• *-ьma
• *-ьmъ

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ьmo

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Russian: -мо (-mo)
    • Ukrainian: -мо (-mo)

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 86
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*darьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 192
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*derьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 214
• Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 234