Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/tímāˀ

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

Etymology

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

Noun

*tímāˀ f[1][2]

darkness

Inflection

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⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*timā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*timāˀn	*timā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*timā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*tima	*timāiˀ	*timās

Descendants

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

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tьma”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 504: “*timaʔ”
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”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tьma”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, 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”