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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zmьja
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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
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From Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (see more in *zmьjь, *zemľa).
Declension
Declension of *zmьjà (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *zmьjà | *zmьji | *zmьję̇ |
| genitive | *zmьję̇ | *zmьju | *zmьjь |
| dative | *zmьji | *zmьjama | *zmьjamъ |
| accusative | *zmьjǫ | *zmьji | *zmьję̇ |
| instrumental | *zmьjejǫ, *zmьjǫ** | *zmьjama | *zmьjami |
| locative | *zmьji | *zmьju | *zmьjasъ, *zmьjaxъ* |
| vocative | *zmьje | *zmьji | *zmьję̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “змея́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zmьjà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 545
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