Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zmьjь
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
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Related to *zmьja and ultimately *zemľa, reflecting an original meaning of "animal which lives in the ground". [1]"eats from the earth or eats the earth"
For the semantic development within Indo-European, compare Kamkata-viri babístë, bibímstë (“snake”) < earlier *pa-bǘm stë (“being in the ground”).
Noun
[edit]*zmь̀jь m[2]
Declension
[edit]Declension of *zmь̀jь (soft o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *zmь̀jь | *zmьja | *zmьji |
| genitive | *zmьja | *zmьju | *zmьjь |
| dative | *zmьju | *zmьjema | *zmьjemъ |
| accusative | *zmь̀jь | *zmьja | *zmьję̇ |
| instrumental | *zmьjьmь, *zmьjemь* | *zmьjema | *zmьji |
| locative | *zmьji | *zmьju | *zmьjixъ |
| vocative | *zmьju | *zmьja | *zmьji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: zmeu
References
[edit]- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “змия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 648
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zmь̀jь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545