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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovamo
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *ovъ + *-mo.
Adverb
*ovamo
- hither; there (?)
See also
| Type | *kъto | *jь | *jьnъ | *onъ | *ovъ | *sь | *tъ | *vьxъ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | *kogъda | *jegъda | *jьnogъda | *onogъda | *ovogъda | *segъda | *togъda | *vьśegъda |
| Place (to) | *kǫda | *jǫdu | *jьnǫdu | *onǫda | *ovǫda | *sǫda | *tǫda | *vьxǫdu |
| Place (to/in) | *kamo | *jamo | *jьnamo | *onamo | *ovamo | *sěmo | *tamo | *vьxamo |
| Place (in) | *kъde | *jьde | *jьnъde | *onъde | *ovъde | *sьde | *tu | *vьxъde |
| Way | *kako | *jako | *jьnako | *onako | *ovako | *sice | *tako | *vьxako |
| Amount | *koliko | *jeliko | *jьnoliko | *onoliko | *ovoliko | *seliko | *toliko | — |
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: овамо (ovamo, “thereto (?)”)
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: овамо (ovamo, “hither; there”)
- Middle Russian: овамо (ovamo, “hither”)
- Russian: овамо (ovamo, “there; hither”)
- Middle Russian: овамо (ovamo, “hither”)
- Old East Slavic: овамо (ovamo, “hither; there”)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: овамо (ovamo, “hither (?)”)
- Bulgarian: ова́мо (ovámo, “hereto”), Bulgarian: ова́м (ovám), Bulgarian: ва́мр (vámr)
- Macedonian: ваму (vamu, “hereto; here”)
- Serbo-Croatian: ovamo (“hereto; here”)
- Slovene: ovam (“hither”)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: owam (“in another place”), usually in the phrase "tam i owam", meaning "here and there". Additionally, this phrase can also contain the word 'siam' to give a rather exaggerated meaning of 'in every place'.
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “овамо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Zhuravlev, A. F., editor (2014), “*ovamo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 190
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “овамо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2: Л – П, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 591