Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/damús

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dom-u-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home; house”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*damús m^[1]^[2]^[3]

house

Inflection

Declension of *damús (u-stem, mobile accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*damús	*dámūˀ	*dámawes
accusative	*dámun	*dámūˀ	*dámū⁽ˀ⁾ns
genitive	*damáus	*damawáu	*damawṓn
locative	*damḗuˀ	*damawáu	*damúšu
dative	*damáwei	*damúmā⁽ˀ⁾	*damúmas
instrumental	*dámūˀ (early forms)	*damúmāˀ	*damúmīˀs
vocative	*damáu	*dámūˀ	*dámawes

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: noms
- Latvian: nams
- Lithuanian: nãmas, ⇒ api̇̀dėmė
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: dimsti
Proto-Slavic: *dȍmъ (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dȏmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113: “BSl. *domus”
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “namas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 93: “*dȏmъ ― *dȏm”

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dȏmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113: “BSl. *domus”

[EDBIL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “namas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328

[3] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 93: “*dȏmъ ― *dȏm”

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