Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěmь

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 *śaim-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóy-m-, from *ḱey- (“to lie”).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian šeimà (“family”), šeimė (“family, household”), šeĩmas (“migration (of birds), nest, offspring”), Latvian sàime (“members of a household, (extended) family”).

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “village”) (< *ḱō(y)mā), Proto-Germanic *haimaz (< *ḱoy-mo-). Related to Lithuanian kaimas.

Noun

*sěmь m

living in the same village
household member

Inflection

Declension of *sěmь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*sěmь	*sěmi	sěmьje, sěmľe^*
Accusative	*sěmь	*sěmi	*sěmi
Genitive	*sěmi	sěmьju, sěmľu^*	sěmьjь, sěmi^*
Locative	*sěmi	sěmьju, sěmľu^*	*sěmьxъ
Dative	*sěmi	*sěmьma	*sěmьmъ
Instrumental	*sěmьmь	*sěmьma	*sěmьmi
Vocative	*sěmi	*sěmi	sěmьje, sěmľe^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

Church Slavonic: сѣмь (sěmĭ) (Russian)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: сѣмь (sěmĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]

References

Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 441
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “семья”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “семья”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 154
Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “семья”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

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