Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tomiti

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-Indo-European *temH-.

Verb

*tomiti

  1. to torment

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: тамі́ць (tamícʹ)
    • Russian: томи́ть (tomítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: томи́ти (tomýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: томити (tomiti)
    • Slovene: tomljáti (tonal orthography)

Further reading

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