сомъ
Old Ruthenian
сомъ
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *sòmъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śámas, further possible from Proto-Indo-European *ḱomos ~ *ḱamos or unknown origin.[1][2] Compare Russian сом (som).
Noun
сомъ • (som) m anim (diminutive сомокъ)
- catfish, sheatfish
Descendants
- Belarusian: сом (som)
- Ukrainian: сом (som); сім (sim), сум (sum), сон (son) (dialectal)
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сом¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 351
- Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “сом”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 246
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), “сомъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 85