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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Rimъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Latin Rōma. The substitution of ō with *i is enigmatic; many implausible propositions were made. The source was probably Germanic; it is possible to think of a back-formation from *rimьskъ, from a reflex of Proto-Germanic *Rūmiskaz with umlaut.

Proper noun

*Rimъ m

  1. Rome

Declension
Declension of *Rimъ (hard o-stem, uncountable)
Singular
Nominative *Rimъ
Accusative *Rimъ
Genitive *Rima
Locative *Rimě
Dative *Rimu
Instrumental *Rimъmь, *Rimomь*
Vocative *Rime
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
    • Russian: Рим (Rim)
    • Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Old Cyrillic: Римъ (Rimŭ)
      • Glagolitic: Ⱃⰹⰿⱏ (Rimŭ)
    • Bulgarian: Рим (Rim)
    • Macedonian: Рим (Rim)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Slovene: rím (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “Рим”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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