Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/solma

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 *śálˀmāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱólh₂meh₂. Cognate with Latvian sal̃ms, Old Prussian salme, Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos), Latin culmus, Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

Noun

*sòlma f[1][2]

  1. straw

Inflection

Declension of *sòlma (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *sòlma *sòlmě *sòlmy
genitive *sòlmy *sòlmu *sòlmъ
dative *sòlmě *sòlmama *sòlmamъ
accusative *sòlmǫ *sòlmě *sòlmy
instrumental *sòlmojǫ, *sòlmǭ** *sòlmama *sòlmamī
locative *sòlmě *sòlmu *sòlmasъ, *sòlmaxъ*
vocative *sòlmo *sòlmě *sòlmy

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “солома”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sòlma”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 459
  2. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎[1], University of Vienna, page 5: “*sőlma”
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