Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źémē

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 pre-Balto-Slavic *ǵʰem-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Noun

*źémē f[1][2]

earth

Alternative reconstructions

*źémijā (Smoсzyński)

Inflection

Fixed accent.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: zeme
- Latvian: zeme
- Lithuanian: žẽmė
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: semmē ( = zemē, with s due to German orthography)
Proto-Slavic: *zemľa (with epenthetic */l/ from earlier *zemja) (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zemļà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542: “BSl. *źem-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “žemė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516: “BSl. *źem-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zemļà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542: “BSl. *źem-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “žemė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516: “BSl. *źem-”