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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xъlmъ

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 a Germanic language; compare Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“small island, hill, mound”). The exact donor language cannot be specified - some form of Germanic that had not undergone the a-umlaut, possibly Langobardic or Gothic.

The Germanic word further reflects Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“lift”), whence also *čelo (“forehead”).

Noun

*xъ̃lmъ m[1]

  1. hill

Inflection
Declension of *xъ̃lmъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *xъ̃lmъ *xъlmà *xъlmì
genitive *xъlmà *xъlmù *xъ̃lmъ
dative *xъlmù *xъlmòma *xъlmòmъ
accusative *xъ̃lmъ *xъlmà *xъlmỳ
instrumental *xъlmъ̀mь, *xъlmòmь* *xъlmòma *xъ̃lmy
locative *xъlmě̀ *xъlmù *xъ̃lměxъ
vocative *xъlme *xъlmà *xъlmì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: хълмъ (xŭlmŭ), хълъмъ (xŭlŭmŭ)
      • Russian: холм (xolm), холо́м (xolóm) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: холм (xolm)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “холм”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic‎, Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 109ff
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