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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěmь

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
Declension of *sěmь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *sěmь *sěmi *sěmьje, *sěmľe*
genitive *sěmi *sěmьju, *sěmľu* *sěmьjь, *sěmi*
dative *sěmi *sěmьma *sěmьmъ
accusative *sěmь *sěmi *sěmi
instrumental *sěmьmь *sěmьma *sěmьmi
locative *sěmi *sěmьju, *sěmľu* *sěmьxъ
vocative *sěmi *sěmi *sěmьje, *sěmľe*
* 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).

See also

Descendants
  • Church Slavonic: сѣмь (sěmĭ) (Russian)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: сѣмь (sěmĭ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]

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, volumes 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
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