Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьmę

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

*jь̏mę n

1. name

Declension

Declension of *jь̏mę (n-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jь̏mę	*jь̏meni	*jьmenà
genitive	*jь̏mene	*jьmenù	*jьmènъ
dative	*jь̏meni	*jьmenьmà	*jьmènьmъ
accusative	*jь̏mę	*jь̏meni	*jьmenà
instrumental	*jь̏menьmь	*jьmenьmà	*jьmený
locative	*jь̏mene	*jьmenù	*jьmènьxъ
vocative	*jь̏mę	*jь̏meni	*jьmenà

Derived terms

• *jьmenitъ (“famous”)
• *jьmenovati (“to name”)
• *jьměno (“name, title”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: имѧ (imę)
    • Old Ruthenian: имѧ́ (imjá)
      • Belarusian: імя́ (imjá)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: имня́ (ymnjá)
      • Ukrainian: ім'я́ (imʺjá)
    • Russian: и́мя (ímja)
  • Old Novgorodian: имѧ (imę)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: имѧ (imę)

    Glagolitic script: ⰹⰿⱔ (imę)

  • Bulgarian: и́ме (íme)
  • Macedonian: и́ме (íme)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: и̏ме

    Latin script: ȉme

  • Slovene: imẹ̑ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jmě, jmeno, jméno (later)
    • Czech: jméno
  • Old Polish: imię, himię
    • Polish: imię
    • Silesian: imiã
  • Polabian: jaimă, jaimą
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: jimiã
    • Slovincian: ymjã
  • Slovak: meno
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: mě
    • Upper Sorbian: mjeno, imje, mje

Further reading

• Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎^[2], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 493–564