Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bimь

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

Morphologically can be derived from -ě/i- optative-imperative. *-mь (1sg.opt.) is attested in:

• Perfective verbs (-C-, -V/C-): Old Church Slavonic ⱁⱅⱏⱂⰰⰴⱑⰿⱏ (otŭpaděmŭ), Church Slavonic приимѣмъ/приимѣмь (priiměmŭ/priiměmĭ), бѫдѣмъ/бѫдѣмь (bǫděmŭ/bǫděmĭ) and possibly Old Serbo-Croatian [script needed] (budijem), [script needed] (umrim/umrjm/umrim')
• Imperfective verbs (-C-, -ě/i-?): Old Serbo-Croatian [script needed] (mozimь/mozěm) (IvanMisc.) and possibly hotiem/hodiem
• Therefore some OCS plural forms are reshaped after synonymous by-forms:
  • ⰱⰻⱈⱁⰿⱏ (bixomŭ, 1pl) < ⰱⰻⰿⱏ (bimŭ) + бꙑхомъ (byxomŭ)
  • ⰱⰻⱄⱅⰵ (biste, 2pl) < *ⰱⰻⱅⰵ (*bite) + бꙑсте (byste)
  • бишѧ (bišę, 3pl) < ⰱⱘ (bǫ, 3pl) : би (bi, 1sg) + бꙑшѧ (byšę, 3pl) : бꙑ (by, 1sg)

Compare Latvian biju (“I was”), Latin fīō (“I become”), Old Irish bíu (“I am”)

Verb

*bimь

1. first-person singular conditional of *byti

   Synonym: *byxъ

See also

• *eša
• *aťe, *ače, *ešče

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: бимь (bimĭ), бимъ (bimŭ)
  • Old Slovene: bim

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бимь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бимь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 189