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	*jьnoliko	*onoliko	*ovoliko	*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 Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Zhuravlev, Anatoliy, editor (2014), “*ovamo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 39: (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 190
• Sreznevsky, Izmail (1902), “овамо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ^[1] [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2: Л – П, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 591