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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/němъ

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 dissimilation of earlier *měmъ.
Compare Latvian mēms (“dumb, mute, silent”), Old Polish omienieć (“to become dumb”), Latin mūtus (“mute, dumb, silent”), Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “mime, actor”), German mummeln, English mumble, Swedish mumla.
  • From *ne- +‎ *-ьmъ > *ne-emъ / *ne-jьmъ.
Compare *ku- + *jьm-, *jьmǫ, *ęti > *kujьmъ (> Russian ку́и́м (kúím, “deaf-mute; tongue-tied man; silent man;”)). Latvian mēms is possibly borrowing from Slavic with assimilation n-m > m-m.

Adjective

*němъ

  1. unclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering, mammering
  2. dumb, mute (not able to speak)

Declension

Derived terms

  • *něměti
  • *němica
  • *němiťь
  • *němostь
  • *němota
  • *němovati
  • *němъka, *němъkъ
    • *němъkyni
  • *němьcь

Descendants

  • Other:

References

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