Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źémē

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

Etymology

From pre-Balto-Slavic *ǵʰem-m̥, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*źémē f^[1]^[2]

earth

Inflection

Fixed accent.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative reconstructions

*źémijā (Smoсzyński)

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: zeme
- Latvian: zeme
- Lithuanian: žẽmė
- Samogitian: žemė
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: semmē ( = zemē, with s due to German orthography)
- Old Prussian: Semba
  - ⇒ English: Sambia
Proto-Slavic: *zemь
⇒ Proto-Slavic: *zemľa (with epenthetic */l/ from earlier *zemja < *ǵʰðʰem-) (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zemļà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542: “BSl. *źem-”
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “žemė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516: “BSl. *źem-”

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zemļà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542: “BSl. *źem-”

[EDBIL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “žemė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516: “BSl. *źem-”

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