Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/omanъ

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 *omaniti (“to bewitch”), for ascribed protective witchery, its vegetable pungency, and its medicinal potency, fulfilling the role of the Arnica montana in the Germania.

Noun

*omanъ m

elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Declension

Declension of *omanъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*omanъ	*omana	*omani
genitive	*omana	*omanu	*omanъ
dative	*omanu	*omanoma	*omanomъ
accusative	*omanъ	*omana	*omany
instrumental	omanъmь, omanomь^*	*omanoma	*omany
locative	*omaně	*omanu	*omaněxъ
vocative	*omane	*omana	*omani

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ама́н (amán)
- Russian: ома́н (omán)
- Ukrainian: ома́н (omán)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: оманъ (omanŭ)
- Bulgarian: ома́н (omán)
- Macedonian: оман (oman)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: о̀ман
  
  Latin script: òman
- Slovene: ọ̑man (tonal orthography), vọ̑man
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: oman
  - Czech: oman, woman, voman (obsolete)
- Polish: oman
- Slovak: oman
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: homan
  - Upper Sorbian: woman

Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: omán
- → Romanian: omán

References

Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “ома̀н”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 870
Theißen, Ulrich (2006) ““Ein bezauberndes Hustenkraut”: Zu den Bezeichnungen des Alants (Inula helenium L.) in den slawischen Sprachen, vor allem im Bulgarischen”, in Zeitschrift für Balkanologie‎^[1], volume 42, pages 228–237