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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 *śámas, cognate to Latvian sams, Lithuanian šãmas, further etymology unknown, therefore probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate, possibly shared with Ancient Greek καμασήν (kamasḗn, “kind of fish”); alternatively perhaps a corrupted borrowing from Uralic, such as Proto-Finnic *sampi (“sturgeon”).
Noun
*sòmъ m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sòmъ | *somà | *somì |
| genitive | *somà | *somù | *sòmъ |
| dative | *somù | *somòma | *somòmъ |
| accusative | *sòmъ | *somà | *somỳ |
| instrumental | *somъ̀mь, *somòmь* | *somòma | *sòmy |
| locative | *somě̀ | *somù | *sòměxъ |
| vocative | *some | *somà | *somì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ TYSCHENKO, Kostiantyn: PROTO-FINNIC AND INDO-EUROPEAN LINGUISTIC AND GENETIC CONTACTS, p. 2
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sòmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 461
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “šamas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440
- Kolomijec, V. T. (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб (К IX Международному съезду славистов) (in Russian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, pages 106-109
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сом”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress