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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/umъ

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-Balto-Slavic *aum-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-m-o-, a derivation of *h₂ew- (to see, perceive). Cognate with Lithuanian aumuõ (mind) and indirectly Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, to perceive), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, openly, manifestly, evidently), Latin audiō, and Hittite 𒌋𒀪𒄭 (u-uḫ-ḫi, I see).

Noun

*ũmъ m[1]

  1. mind

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: умъ (umŭ)
      • Belarusian: ум (um)
      • Russian: ум (um)
      • Ukrainian: ум (um)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: um (literary)
    • Polish: um
    • Slovak: um

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*úmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508
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