Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьlьmъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *elemas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem. Indo-European cognates include English elm, Latin ulmus.

Noun

*jьlьmъ m[1]

elm
Synonyms: *berstъ, *vęzъ

Declension

Declension of *jьlьmъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*jьlьmъ	*jьlьma	*jьlьmi
Accusative	*jьlьmъ	*jьlьma	*jьlьmy
Genitive	*jьlьma	*jьlьmu	*jьlьmъ
Locative	*jьlьmě	*jьlьmu	*jьlьměxъ
Dative	*jьlьmu	*jьlьmoma	*jьlьmomъ
Instrumental	jьlьmъmь, jьlьmomь^*	*jьlьmoma	*jьlьmy
Vocative	*jьlьme	*jьlьma	*jьlьmi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: илемъ (ilemŭ)
- Belarusian: лём (ljom)
- Russian: ильм (ilʹm), ильма (ilʹma), лёмок (ljómok) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ільм (ilʹm), ілем (ilem), льом (lʹom)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: lìm
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jilm
  - Czech: jilm
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): ílem
- Polabian: jėlmă
- Slovincian: hẽlem
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: lom

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьlьmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211: “m. o ‘elm’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьlьmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211: “m. o ‘elm’”