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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lomiti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *lomˀ-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian lémti (to decide, to determine), Latvian lem̃t (to decide, to determine), Old Prussian lembtwey, limtwey, limtwei (to break).

Per Vasmer, cognate with Old Norse lemja (to beat).

Verb

*lomìti impf [1]

  1. to break

Inflection

  • *emexъ (plowshare)
  • *emešь (plow(share))
  • *emežь (plow(share))
  • *lemexъ (plow(share))
  • *lemešь (plow(share))
  • *lemežь (plow(share))
  • *lamъ (hollow, bend)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: ломити (lomiti), 1sg. ломлѭ (lomljǫ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: ломя́ (lomjá)
    • Macedonian: ломи (lomi)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ло̀мити (to break, to plow for the first time), 1sg. ло̀мӣм
      Latin: lòmiti (to break, to plow for the first time), 1sg. lòmīm
    • Slovene: lómiti (tonal orthography), 1sg. lọ́mim (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lomit, 1sg. lomím
    • Polabian: lümĕt
    • Old Polish: łomić
      • Polish: łomić (to break, to plow) (14th-17th century or dialectal), 1sg. lomię
    • Slovak: lomiť
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: łomiś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lomìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “v. (b) ‘break’”
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