Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Rimъ

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 Latin Rōma. The substitution of ō with *i is enigmatic; many implausible propositions have been made. The source was probably Germanic (compare Proto-Germanic *Rūmō); it is possible to think of a back-formation from *rĩmьskъ, from a reflex of Proto-Germanic *Rūmiskaz with umlaut.

Proper noun

*Rĩmъ m

1. Rome

Declension

Declension of *Rĩmъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*Rĩmъ
genitive	*Rīmà
dative	*Rīmù
accusative	*Rĩmъ
instrumental	*Rīmъ̀mь, *Rīmòmь*
locative	*Rīmě̀
vocative	*Rime

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Glagolitic script: Ⱃⰹⰿⱏ (Rimŭ)
    • Old Cyrillic script: Римъ (Rimŭ)
      • Bulgarian: Рим (Rim)
      • Macedonian: Рим (Rim)
      • → Old East Slavic: Римъ (Rimŭ)
        • Old Ruthenian: Римъ (Rim)
          • Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
          • Carpathian Rusyn: Рим (Rym)
          • Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)
        • Russian: Рим (Rim)
      • → Romanian: Râm (obsolete)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: Ри̑м
    • Latin script: Rȋm
  • Slovene: Rím (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Řím
    • Czech: Řím
    • → Kashubian: Rzim
    • → Old Polish: Rzym
      • Polish: Rzym
    • → Silesian: Rzim
    • → Slovak: Rím

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Рим”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress