Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьmę

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-SlavicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

*jь̏mę n^[1]^[2]

name

DeclensionEdit

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*jь̏mę	*jь̏meni	*jьmenà
Accusative	*jь̏mę	*jь̏meni	*jьmenà
Genitive	*jь̏mene	*jьmenù	*jьmènъ
Locative	*jь̏mene	*jьmenù	*jьmènьxъ
Dative	*jь̏meni	*jьmenьmà	*jьmènьmъ
Instrumental	*jь̏menьmь	*jьmenьmà	*jьmený
Vocative	*jь̏mę	*jь̏meni	*jьmenà

Derived termsEdit

*jьmenitъ (“famous”)

DescendantsEdit

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: імя́ (imjá)
- Russian: и́мя (ímja)
- Ukrainian: ім'я́ (imʺjá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: имѧ (imę)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰹⰿⱔ (imę)
- Bulgarian: и́ме (íme)
- Macedonian: и́ме (íme)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: и̏ме
  
  Latin: ȉme
- Slovene: imẹ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: jméno
- Kashubian: miono
- Polabian: jaimă, jaimą
- Polish: imię, miano
- Silesian: mjano
- Slovak: meno
- Slovincian: mjuono
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: mě
  - Upper Sorbian: mjeno, imje, mje

ReferencesEdit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьmę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212: “n. n ‘name’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “jьmę jьmena”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c navn (NA 131; PR 138)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьmę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212: “n. n ‘name’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “jьmę jьmena”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c navn (NA 131; PR 138)”

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