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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьmьnъ

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 *tьma (dark) + *-ьnъ. Compare Irish temen (dark).

Adjective

*tьmь̀nъ or *tь̏mьnъ[1]

  1. dark

Declension

Derived terms

  • *tьmьnica (dungeon)
  • *tьmьnota (darkness)
  • *tьmьněti (to darken (become))
  • *tьmьniti (to darken (make))

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тёмный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тьма”, 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 276

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tьmьnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 505:adj. o (b/c) ‘dark’
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