Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źeimā́ˀ

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 *ǵʰeyméh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm.

Noun

*źeimā́ˀ f^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

winter

Inflection

Declension of *źeimā́ˀ (ā-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*źeimā́ˀ	*źéimāiˀ	*źéimās
Accusative	*źéimā⁽ˀ⁾n	*źéimāiˀ	*źéimā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*źeimā́⁽ˀ⁾s	*źeimā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*źeimṓn
Locative	*źeimā́iˀ	*źeimā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*źeimā́⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*źéimāi	*źeimā́⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*źeimā́⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*źéimāˀn	*źeimā́⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*źeimā́⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*źéima	*źéimāiˀ	*źéimās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: zīma
- Latvian: zìema
- Lithuanian: žiemà
- Samogitian: žėima
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: semo (i.e. zemo)
Proto-Slavic: *zimà (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zimà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 544: “*źeimaʔ”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ziema”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518: “*źeimaʔ”
^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zimà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 544: “*źeimaʔ”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “ziema”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518: “*źeimaʔ”

[3] Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN

[4] Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114

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