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
Accusative	*Rĩmъ
Genitive	*Rīmà
Locative	*Rīmě̀
Dative	*Rīmù
Instrumental	*Rīmъ̀mь, *Rīmòmь*
Vocative	*Rime

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

Descendants

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

• Non-Slavic languages:
  • Romanian: Râm (obsolete)

Further reading

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