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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těmę

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

According to R. Matasović,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”) + *-mn̥, with eventual loss of pre-Slavic *g before *m. Vasmer and Snoj allude a possible relation to Proto-Slavic *tęti (“to chop”) from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂-, however, such a derivation is semantically dubious and does not explain the long *-ě-. Sometimes also compared to Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”) of uncertain origin (probably from Proto-Indo-European *tweH- (“to swell”), akin to Proto-Slavic *tylъ (“back of the neck”)).

Noun

*tě̀mę n[2][3]

  1. cranium

Declension
Declension of *těmę (n-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *těmę *tě̀meni *tě̀menā
genitive *tě̀mene *tě̀menu *tě̀menъ
dative *tě̀meni *tě̀menьma *tě̀menьmъ
accusative *těmę *tě̀meni *tě̀menā
instrumental *tě̀menьmь *tě̀menьma *tě̀menȳ
locative *tě̀mene *tě̀menu *tě̀menьxъ
vocative *těmę *tě̀meni *tě̀menā

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: тѣмѧ (těmę)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “те́мя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “теме”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 926

References
  1. Matasović , Ranko (2010) “The loss of *g before *m in Proto-Slavic”, in Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje 36/2‎, pages 299-306
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*těmę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 492
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “teme”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *tě̋mę, rod. *tě̋mene”
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