Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěmę

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 *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥. Cognates include Lithuanian sė́muo and Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (manasēþs, “human flock, literally: human seed”).

Noun

*sě̀mę n

1. seed

Declension

Declension of *sě̀mę (n-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sě̀mę	*sě̀meni	*sě̀menā
genitive	*sě̀mene	*sě̀menu	*sě̀menъ
dative	*sě̀meni	*sě̀menьma	*sě̀menьmъ
accusative	*sě̀mę	*sě̀meni	*sě̀menā
instrumental	*sě̀menьmь	*sě̀menьma	*sě̀menȳ
locative	*sě̀mene	*sě̀menu	*sě̀menьxъ
vocative	*sě̀mę	*sě̀meni	*sě̀menā

Derived terms

• *sěmenitъ (“prolific, copious”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сѣмѧ (sěmę)
    • Old Ruthenian: сѣмѧ (sěmja), сѣмє (sěmje)
      • Belarusian: се́мя (sjémja)
      • Ukrainian: сі́м'я (símʺja)
    • Russian: се́мя (sémja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱑⰿⱔ (sěmę)

    Old Cyrillic script: сѣмѧ (sěmę)

    • Bulgarian: се́ме (séme)
    • Macedonian: семе (seme)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: се̏ме

    Latin script: sȅme

    • Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: sȉme
    • Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian: sȅma
  • Slovene: sẹ́me (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: semiã
  • Old Czech: siemě
    • Czech: semeno
  • Polabian: semą
  • Polish: siemię
  • Slovak: semeno
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: semje
    • Upper Sorbian: symjo