Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/tímāˀ

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 *tm̥H-éh₂, from *temH- (“dark”).[1][2]

    Noun

    *tímāˀ f[1][2]

    1. darkness

    Inflection

    Declension of *tímāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *timāˀ *timāiˀ *timās
    accusative *timā(ˀ)n *timāiˀ *timā(ˀ)ns
    genitive *timā(ˀ)s *timāu(ˀ) *timōn
    locative *timāiˀ *timāu(ˀ) *timā(ˀ)su
    dative *timāi *timā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *timā(ˀ)mas
    instrumental *timāˀn *timā(ˀ)māˀ *timā(ˀ)mīˀs
    vocative *tima *timāiˀ *timās

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latvian: tima
    • Proto-Slavic: *tьmà (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tьma”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 504: “*timaʔ”
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “tima”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553: “*timaʔ”
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