Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělьmo

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 *bělъ +‎ *-ьmo, or possibly from a verb *běliti.

Noun

*bělьmo n

1. leucoma

Inflection

Declension of *bělьmo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bělьmo	*bělьmě	*bělьma
genitive	*bělьma	*bělьmu	*bělьmъ
dative	*bělьmu	*bělьmoma	*bělьmomъ
accusative	*bělьmo	*bělьmě	*bělьma
instrumental	*bělьmъmь, *bělьmomь*	*bělьmoma	*bělьmy
locative	*bělьmě	*bělьmu	*bělьměxъ
vocative	*bělьmo	*bělьmě	*bělьma

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бѣльмо (bělĭmo)
    • Old Ruthenian: бѣльмо́ (bělʹmó), бѣлмо́ (bělmó)
      • Belarusian: бяльмо́ (bjalʹmó)
      • Ukrainian: більмо́ (bilʹmó)
    • Russian: бельмо́ (belʹmó)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: белмо́ (belmó)
  • Slovene: bȇlmo
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bělmo
    • Czech: bělmo
  • Slovak: beľmo, beľno (dialectal)
  • Old Polish: bielmo
    • Polish: bielmo
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: bělmo
    • Lower Sorbian: bělman

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 86
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бельмо́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress