Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dū́ˀmas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

  • From Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.[1][2]

    Noun

    *dū́ˀmas m[1][2]

    1. smoke

    Inflection

    Declension of *dū́ˀmas (o-stem, fixed accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *dū́ˀmas *dū́ˀmōˀ *dū́ˀmai(ˀ)
    accusative *dū́ˀman *dū́ˀmōˀ *dū́ˀmō(ˀ)ns
    genitive *dū́ˀmā *dū́ˀmāu(ˀ) *dū́ˀmōn
    locative *dū́ˀmai *dū́ˀmāu(ˀ) *dū́ˀmaišu
    dative *dū́ˀmōi *dū́ˀmamā(ˀ) *dū́ˀmamas
    instrumental *dū́ˀmōˀ *dū́ˀmamāˀ *dū́ˀmōis
    vocative *dū́ˀme *dū́ˀmōˀ *dū́ˀmai(ˀ)

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: dyumi pl
      • Latvian: dūmi pl
      • Lithuanian: dū́mas
    • West Baltic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *dỳmъ (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dỳmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132:*dúʔmos
    2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “dūmai”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 145:*dúʔmos