Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovamo

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-Slavic

Etymology

From *ovъ +‎ *-mo

Adverb

*ovamo

1. hither; there (?)

See also

Type	*kъto	*jь	*jьnъ	*onъ	*ovъ	*sь	*tъ	*vьśь
Time	*kogъda	*jegъda	*jьnogъda	*onogъda	*ovogъda	*segъda	*togъda	*vьśegъda
Place (to)	*kǫda	*jǫdu	*jьnǫdu	*onǫda	*ovǫda	*sǫda	*tǫda	*vьśǫdu
Place (to/in)	*kamo	*jamo	*jьnamo	*onamo	*ovamo	*sěmo	*tamo	*vьśamo
Place (in)	*kъde	*jьde	*jьnъde	*onъde	*ovъde	*sьde	*tu	*vьśьde
Way	*kako	*jako	*jьnako	*onako	*ovako	*sice	*tako	*vьśako
Amount	*koliko	*jeliko	—	*onoliko	—	*seliko	*toliko	—

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: овамо (ovamo, “thereto (?)”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: овамо (ovamo, “hither; there”)
    • Old Russian: овамо (ovamo, “hither”)
      • Russian: овамо (ovamo, “there; hither”)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: овамо (ovamo, “hither (?)”)
  • Bulgarian: ова́мо (ovámo, “hereto”), Bulgarian: ова́м (ovám), Bulgarian: ва́мр (vámr)
  • Macedonian: ваму (vamu, “hereto; here”)
  • Serbo-Croatian: ovamo (“hereto; here”), ovam, vamo, ovao
  • Slovene: ovam (“hither”)

• West Slavic:
  • Polish: owam (“in another place”), usually in the phrase "tam i owam", meaning "here and there". Additionally, this phrase can also contain the word 'siam' to give a rather exaggerated meaning of 'in every place'.

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) , “овамо”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress
• Žuravljóv, Anatolij, editor (2014) , “*ovamo”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 39, Moscow: Nauka, page 190
• Sreznevskij, I. I. (1902) , “овамо”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 591