Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъkъmo

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 *tъkъ (case, instance, point) +‎ *-mo (the same suffix as in *bъxъmo (entirely), *mimo (along)).

Adverb

*tъkъmo[1]

  1. just, precisely, exactly
    Synonyms: *komajь, *skorějь

Alternative forms

  • *tъkъma (perhaps, archaic instrumental)

Derived terms

  • *tъkъmiti (to juxtapose)
  • *utъkъmica (concurance, contest) (South Slavic)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: то́кмо (tókmo) (obsolete)
    • Ukrainian: то́кмо (tókmo) (archaic), то́кма (tókma)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: тъкъмо (tŭkŭmo)
    • Bulgarian: тъ́кмо (tǎ́kmo)
    • Macedonian: токму (tokmu)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: та̀кмен
      Latin script: takmen
    • Slovene: təkmà (tonal orthography)
  • Non-Slavic:
Romanian: tocmai

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “tekma”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*tъkъmȍ