Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polmy
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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 Proto-Indo-European *polh₁-men-, from *pelh₁-. Morphologically *pol- + *-my. Cognate with Lithuanian pelenaĩ (“ashes”), plė́nis (“speck, fine ashes”), Latvian plẽne (“white ashes on coals”) and Old Prussian pelanne (“ashes”).
Noun
*pòlmy m[1]
Declension
Declension of *pòlmy (n-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pòlmy | *pòlmeni | *pòlmene |
| genitive | *pòlmene | *pòlmenu | *pòlmenъ |
| dative | *pòlmeni | *pòlmenьma | *pòlmenьmъ |
| accusative | *pòlmenь | *pòlmeni | *pòlmeni |
| instrumental | *pòlmenьmь | *pòlmenьma | *pòlmenьmī |
| locative | *pòlmene | *pòlmenu | *pòlmenьxъ |
| vocative | *pòlmy | *pòlmeni | *pòlmene |
Related terms
Descendants
An n-stem is unambiguously attested in the majority of Slavic languages, including importantly Old Church Slavonic. The East Slavic languages reflect an extended neuter n-stem *polymę or (for Ukrainian) *polumę instead. Russian has loaned the OCS form but converted it into a neuter n-stem as well. The modern Bulgarian form, although clearly related, has a different suffix, reflecting *polmъkъ.
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пламя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pòlmy”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 411: “m. n (a) ‘flame’”