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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/znamę

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-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-men. Synchronically analyzable as *znati +‎ *-mę. Cognate with Ancient Greek γνῶμα (gnôma, “sign, symptom”).

Noun

*znàmę n

  1. sign

Inflection
Declension of *znàmę (n-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *znàmę *znàmeni *znàmenā
Accusative *znàmę *znàmeni *znàmenā
Genitive *znàmene *znàmenu *znàmenъ
Locative *znàmene *znàmenu *znàmenьxъ
Dative *znàmeni *znàmenьma *znàmenьmъ
Instrumental *znàmenьmь *znàmenьma *znàmenȳ
Vocative *znàmę *znàmeni *znàmenā

Derived terms
  • *znamenьje

Descendants
  • Church Slavonic: знамѧ (znamę)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: знамꙗ (znamja)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: znamě
    • Polish: znamię
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: znamje
      • Upper Sorbian: znamjo

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 546
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “знамя”, 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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