Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъmenь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editThe most plausible is division kŭ-men-, where -men- is a suffix. According to Machek, it is related to Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma) < *ku-mn̥t- meaning "germ".
Noun
edit*kъmenь m
- trunk, bough
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Declension
editDeclension of *kъmenь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *kъmenь | *kъmeni | *kъmenьje, *kъmeňe* |
genitive | *kъmeni | *kъmenьju, *kъmeňu* | *kъmenьjь, *kъmeni* |
dative | *kъmeni | *kъmenьma | *kъmenьmъ |
accusative | *kъmenь | *kъmeni | *kъmeni |
instrumental | *kъmenьmь | *kъmenьma | *kъmenьmi |
locative | *kъmeni | *kъmenьju, *kъmeňu* | *kъmenьxъ |
vocative | *kъmeni | *kъmeni | *kъmenьje, *kъmeňe* |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъmenь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 196