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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovamo

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 *ovъ +‎ *-mo.

Adverb

*ovamo

  1. hither; there (?)

See also
Type*kъto*jь*jьnъ*onъ*ovъ*sь*tъ*vьśь
Time*kogъda*jegъda*jьnogъda*onogъda*ovogъda*segъda*togъda*vьśegъda
Place (to)*kǫda*jǫdu*jьnǫdu*onǫda*ovǫda*sǫda*tǫda*vьśǫdu
Place (to/in)*kamo*jamo*jьnamo*onamo*ovamo*sěmo*tamo*vьśamo
Place (in)*kъde*jьde*jьnъde*onъde*ovъde*sьde*tu*vьśьde
Way*kako*jako*jьnako*onako*ovako*sice*tako*vьśako
Amount*koliko*jeliko*jьnoliko*onoliko*ovoliko*seliko*toliko—

Descendants
  • Church Slavonic: овамо (ovamo, “thereto (?)”)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: овамо (ovamo, “hither; there”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: овамо (ovamo, “hither (?)”)
    • Bulgarian: ова́мо (ovámo, “hereto”), Bulgarian: ова́м (ovám), Bulgarian: ва́мр (vámr)
    • Macedonian: ваму (vamu, “hereto; here”)
    • Serbo-Croatian: ovamo (“hereto; here”)
    • Slovene: ovam (“hither”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: owam (“in another place”), usually in the phrase "tam i owam", meaning "here and there". Additionally, this phrase can also contain the word 'siam' to give a rather exaggerated meaning of 'in every place'.

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “овамо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*ovamo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 190
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “овамо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 591
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