Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěmь

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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *śaim-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóy-m-, from *ḱey- (to lie).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian šeimà (family), šeimė (family, household), šeĩmas (migration (of birds), nest, offspring), Latvian sàime (members of a household, (extended) family).

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, village) (< *ḱō(y)mā), Proto-Germanic *haimaz (< *ḱoy-mo-). Related to Lithuanian kaimas.

Noun

*sěmь m

  1. living in the same village
  2. household member

Inflection

See also

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: сѣмь (sěmĭ) (Russian)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: сѣмь (sěmĭ)
      Glagolitic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 441
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “семья”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “семья”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 154
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “семья”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa