Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kā́ˀmō

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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pre-Balto-Slavic *kéh₂mō,[1] with metathesis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō.

According to Matasović, the depalatalization of palatovelars occurred before sonorant followed by a back vowel: Ḱ > K/_RVback.

Noun[edit]

*kā́ˀmō m

  1. stone
    Synonym: *ákmō

Inflection[edit]

Fixed accent.

Declension of *kā́ˀmō (consonant stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kā́ˀmō *kā́ˀmene *kā́ˀmenes
Accusative *kā́ˀmenin *kā́ˀmene *kā́ˀmenins
Genitive *kā́ˀmenes *kā́ˀmenauš? *kā́ˀmenōn
Locative *kā́ˀmenī *kā́ˀmenauš? *kā́ˀmenišu
Dative *kā́ˀmenei *kā́ˀmōmā *kā́ˀmen(i)mas
Instrumental *kā́ˀmōmi? *kā́ˀmōmā *kā́ˀmenimīš? -imins?
Vocative *kā́ˀmō *kā́ˀmene *kā́ˀmōsu

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Slavic: *kàmy (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

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