Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Rimъ

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 Latin Rōma. The substitution of ō with *i is enigmatic; many implausible propositions have been made. The source was probably Germanic (compare Proto-Germanic *Rūmō); it is possible to think of a back-formation from *rĩmьskъ, from a reflex of Proto-Germanic *Rūmiskaz with umlaut.

Proper noun

*Rĩmъ m

Rome

Declension

Declension of *Rĩmъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*Rĩmъ
genitive	*Rīmà
dative	*Rīmù
accusative	*Rĩmъ
instrumental	Rīmъ̀mь, Rīmòmь^*
locative	*Rīmě̀
vocative	*Rime

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

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Old Cyrillic script: Римъ (Rimŭ)
  - Glagolitic script: Ⱃⰹⰿⱏ (Rimŭ)
    - → Old East Slavic: Римъ (Rimŭ)
      - Old Ruthenian: Римъ (Rim)
        Belarusian: Рым (Rym)
        Carpathian Rusyn: Рим (Rym)
        Ukrainian: Рим (Rym)
      - Russian: Рим (Rim)
    - → Romanian: Râm (obsolete)
- Bulgarian: Рим (Rim)
- Macedonian: Рим (Rim)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: Ри̑м
  - Latin script: Rȋm
- Slovene: Rím (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: Řím
  - Czech: Řím
  - → Old Polish: Rzym
    - Polish: Rzym
  - → Kashubian: Rzim
  - → Silesian: Rzim
  - → Slovak: Rím