Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slimakъ

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-Indo-European *sleh₁y-m-. Cognate with Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax, “slug”), Latin līmāx (“slug”).

Noun

*slimakъ m

snail

Declension

Declension of *slimakъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*slimakъ	*slimaka	*slimaci
Accusative	*slimakъ	*slimaka	*slimaky
Genitive	*slimaka	*slimaku	*slimakъ
Locative	*slimacě	*slimaku	*slimacěxъ
Dative	*slimaku	*slimakoma	*slimakomъ
Instrumental	slimakъmь, slimakomь^*	*slimakoma	*slimaky
Vocative	*slimače	*slimaka	*slimaci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: сліма́к (slimák)
- Russian: слима́к (slimák) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: слима́к (slymák)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: слимук (slimuk) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: slimák
  - Czech: slimák
- Old Polish: ślimak
  - Polish: ślimak
- Silesian: ślimŏk
- Slovak: slimák
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: šlink

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*slimakъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “слима́к”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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