Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъmenь

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

The most plausible is division kŭ-men-, where -men- is a suffix. According to Machek, it is related to Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma) < *ku-mn̥t- meaning "germ".

Noun

*kъmenь m

1. trunk, bough
2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Declension of *kъmenь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kъmenь	*kъmeni	*kъmenьje, *kъmeňe*
genitive	*kъmeni	*kъmenьju, *kъmeňu*	*kъmenьjь, *kъmeni*
dative	*kъmeni	*kъmenьma	*kъmenьmъ
accusative	*kъmenь	*kъmeni	*kъmeni
instrumental	*kъmenьmь	*kъmenьma	*kъmenьmi
locative	*kъmeni	*kъmenьju, *kъmeňu*	*kъmenьxъ
vocative	*kъmeni	*kъmeni	*kъmenьje, *kъmeňe*

^* 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

• *kъnъ / *kъnь (< kŭ-n-)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: кима́к (kymák), dial. кыма́к (kymák), кіма́к (kimák)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kmen
    • Czech: kmen
  • Slovak: kmeň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kḿeń

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъmenь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 196