Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-mo

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 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Latvian tām, nuo tām (“therefrom”), Ancient Greek τῆμος (têmos, “there, then, at that time”) (< *teh₂-mo- (“at the time, then”)), πῆμος (pêmos, “when”)

Suffix

*-mo

1. Forms adverbs

   *kъ- (“who”) → *kamo (“whereto”)

   *jь (“he”) → *jamo (“whereto”)

   *jьnъ (“other, another”) → *jьnamo (“elsewhere (to other place)”)

   *onъ → *onamo (“thereto; there”)

   *ovъ → *ovamo

   *sь (“this”) → *sěmo (“here; hereto”)

   *tъ (“that”) → *tamo (“there; thereto”)

   *vьśь (“all”) → *vьśěmo (“everywhere”)

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-mo

Descendants

See in derived terms

Etymology 2

Suffix

*-mo n

1. Alternative form of *-mъ

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-mo