Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/tímāˀ

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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *tm̥H-éh₂, from *temH- (dark).

Noun[edit]

*tímāˀ f[1][2]

  1. darkness

Inflection[edit]

Declension of *tímāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *timāˀ *timāiˀ *timās
Accusative *timā(ˀ)n *timāiˀ *timā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *timā(ˀ)s *timāu(ˀ) *timōn
Locative *timāiˀ *timāu(ˀ) *timā(ˀ)su
Dative *timāi *timā(ˀ)(ˀ) *timā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *timāˀn *timā(ˀ)māˀ *timā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *tima *timāiˀ *timās

Descendants[edit]

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: tima
  • Proto-Slavic: *tьmà (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tьma”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 504:*timaʔ
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “tima”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553:*timaʔ