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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/samъ

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 *sāmas, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

Pronoun

*samъ

  1. self, oneself, alone

Declension

Derived terms

  • *samota (loneliness)
  • *samotьnъ (lonely)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: самъ (samŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: саме (same)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: самъ (samŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱄⰰⰿⱏ (samŭ)
    • Bulgarian: сам (sam)
    • Macedonian: сам (sam)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: са̑м
      Latin script: sȃm
    • Slovene: sam
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сам”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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