Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-mo

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 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Latvian tām, nuo tām (therefrom), Ancient Greek τῆμος (têmos, there, then, at that time) (< *teh₂-mo- (at the time, then)), πῆμος (pêmos, when)

Suffix

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*-mo

  1. Forms adverbs
    *kъ- (who)*kamo (whereto)
    *jь (he)*jamo (whereto)
    *jьnъ (other, another)*jьnamo (elsewhere (to other place))
    *onъ*onamo (thereto; there)
    *ovъ*ovamo
    *sь (this)*sěmo (here; hereto)
    *tъ (that)*tamo (there; thereto)
    *vьśь (all)*vьśěmo (everywhere)
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Etymology 2

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Suffix

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*-mo n[1]

  1. Alternative form of *-mъ

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References

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  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “Suf. -mъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 13