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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъkъmo

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 *tъkъ (“case, instance, point”) +‎ *-mo (the same suffix as in *bъxъmo (“entirely”), *mimo (“along”)).

Adverb

*tъkъmo[1]

  1. just, precisely, exactly
    Synonyms: *komajь, *skorějь
    *ne *tъkъma ― not just, not only

Alternative forms
  • *tъkъma (perhaps, archaic instrumental)

Derived terms
  • *tъkъmiti (“to juxtapose”)
  • *utъkъmica (“concurance, contest”) (South Slavic)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: токмо (tokmo) (obsolete)
    • Ukrainian: токма́ (tokmá)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: тъкъмо (tŭkŭmo)
    • Bulgarian: тъкмо (tǎkmo)
    • Macedonian: токму (tokmu)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: та̀кмен
      Latin: takmen
    • Slovene: tǝkmà (tonal orthography)
  • Non-Slavic:
→ Romanian: tocmai

Further reading

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “tekma”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*tъkъmȍ”
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