Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zemľa

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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

With epenthetic */l/ from earlier *zemja, from *zemь +‎ *-ja, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰðʰem- (given as *dʰǵʰ-em- in Derksen), the thorn-variant accusative singular of *dʰéǵʰōm.

Cognate with Lithuanian žẽmė (earth), Latvian zeme (earth), Old Prussian semmē (earth) ( = zemē, with s due to German orthography), Lithuanian žẽmas (low), Latvian zems (low), Avestan 𐬰𐬃 (zā̊, earth), (acc. 𐬰𐬆𐬨 (zəm)), Sanskrit क्ष (kṣá, earth), Persian زمین (zamin, earth), Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn, earth), Hittite (tēkan, earth) (gen. (taknas)), Latin humus (ground), Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, on the ground).

Noun

*zemľà f

  1. earth, soil
  2. land

Declension

Declension of *zemľà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *zemľà *zèmľi *zemľę̇̀
genitive *zemľę̇̀ *zemľù *zèmľь
dative *zemľì *zemľàma *zemľàmъ
accusative *zemľǫ̀ *zèmľi *zemľę̇̀
instrumental *zemľèjǫ, *zèmľǫ** *zemľàma *zemľàmī
locative *zemľì *zemľù *zemľàsъ, *zemľàxъ*
vocative *zemľe *zèmľi *zemľę̇̀

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Declension of *zemľà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *zemľà *zȅmľi *zȅmľę̇
genitive *zemľę̇́ *zemľù *zèmľь
dative *zemľì *zemľàma *zemľàmъ
accusative *zȅmľǫ *zȅmľi *zȅmľę̇
instrumental *zemľejǫ́ *zemľàma *zemľàmi
locative *zȅmľī *zemľù *zemľàsъ, *zemľàxъ*
vocative *zemľe *zȅmľi *zȅmľę̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.

Descendants

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “земля́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 323
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “земля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zemļà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542:f. jā (b/c) ‘earth, land’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zemja zemjě”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (NA 93, 142; SA 71, 84, 140, 188, 199); b/c (PR 138) land, earth