Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъkъmo

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 *tъkъ (“case, instance, point”) +‎ *-mo (the same suffix as in *bъxъmo (“entirely”), *mimo (“along”)).

Adverb

*tъkъmo

1. just, precisely, exactly

   Synonyms: *komajь, *skorějь

   *ne tъkъma ― not just, not only

Alternative forms

• *tъkъma (perhaps, archaic instrumental)

Derived terms

• *tъkъmiti (“to juxtapose”)
• *utъkъmica (“concurance, contest”) (South Slavic)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: токмо (tokmo) (obsolete)
  • Ukrainian: токма́ (tokmá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: тъкъмо (tŭkŭmo)
  • Bulgarian: тъкмо (tǎkmo)
  • Macedonian: токму (tokmu)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та̀кмен

    Latin script: takmen

  • Slovene: tǝkmà (tonal orthography)

• Non-Slavic:

→ Romanian: tocmai

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “токмо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress