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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěmь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śaim-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóy-m-, from *ḱey- (“to lie”).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian šeimà (“family”), šeimė (“family, household”), šeĩmas (“migration (of birds), nest, offspring”), Latvian sàime (“members of a household, (extended) family”).
Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “village”) (< *ḱō(y)mā), Proto-Germanic *haimaz (< *ḱoy-mo-). Related to Lithuanian kaimas.
Noun
*sěmь m
- living in the same village
- household member
Inflection
Declension of *sěmь (i-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sěmь | *sěmi | *sěmьje, *sěmľe* |
| Accusative | *sěmь | *sěmi | *sěmi |
| Genitive | *sěmi | *sěmьju, *sěmľu* | *sěmьjь, *sěmi* |
| Locative | *sěmi | *sěmьju, *sěmľu* | *sěmьxъ |
| Dative | *sěmi | *sěmьma | *sěmьmъ |
| Instrumental | *sěmьmь | *sěmьma | *sěmьmi |
| Vocative | *sěmi | *sěmi | *sěmьje, *sěmľe* |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
See also
- *sěminъ
- *sěmьja
- *sěmьjьstvo
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: сѣмь (sěmĭ) (Russian)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: сѣмь (sěmĭ)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Old Church Slavonic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 441
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “семья”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “семья”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 154
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “семья”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa