Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kā́ˀmō

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 *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/_RV^back.

Noun

*kā́ˀmō m

stone
Synonym: *ákmō

Inflection

Declension of *kā́ˀmō (masculine n-stem, fixed accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kā́ˀmō	*kā́ˀmene	*kā́ˀmenes
accusative	*kā́ˀmenin	*kā́ˀmene	*kā́ˀmenins
genitive	*kā́ˀmenes	*kā́ˀmenau⁽ˀ⁾	*kā́ˀmenan
locative	*kā́ˀmeni	*kā́ˀmenau⁽ˀ⁾	*kā́ˀmensu
dative	*kā́ˀmenei	*kā́ˀmenimāˀ	*kā́ˀmenmas
instrumental	*kā́ˀmenmi	*kā́ˀmenimāˀ	*kā́ˀmenmīˀs
vocative	?	*kā́ˀmene	*kā́ˀmenes

In mobile paradigms, forms without an accent marker are enclinomena, which do not have inherent lexical accent.

Descendants

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

References

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

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

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