zeml̨à

zeml̨à Grammatical information: f. jā Accent paradigm: b/c Proto-Slavic meaning: `earth, land'

Old Church Slavic:

zemlja `earth, land' [f jā]

Russian:

zemljá `earth, land' [f jā], zémlju [Accs] \{1\}

Ukrainian:

zemljá `earth, land' [f jā], zémlju [Accs]

Czech:

země `earth, land' [f jā];

zem `earth, land' [f i/jā]

Slovak:

zem `earth, land' [f i/jā]

Polish:

ziemia `earth, land' [f jā]

Serbo-Croatian:

zèmlja `earth, land' [f jā], zȅmlju [Accs];

Čak. zeml̨ȁ (Vrgada) `earth, land' [f jā], zȅml̨u [Accs];

Čak. zemljȁ (Novi) `earth, land' [f jā], zȅmlju [Accs];

Čak. zemljȁ (Orbanići) `earth, soil, ground, country' [f jā], zȅmlju [Accs];

Kajk. zāmljȍ (Bednja) `earth, land' [f jā], zāmljȕ [Accs]

Slovene:

zémlja `earth, land' [f jā]

Bulgarian:

zemjá `earth, land' [f jā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: źem-

Lithuanian:

žẽmė `earth, land' [f ē] 2

Latvian:

zeme `earth, land' [f ē]

Old Prussian:

semmē `earth, land'

Indo-European reconstruction: dʰǵʰ-em-ieh₂

Comments: The Balto-Slavic forms are based on the Asg. stem of the PIE root noun. Illič-Svityč (1963: 41) suggests that in the larger part of the Slavic territory the original AP (b) was ousted under the influence of an i-stem *zemь, cf. Kortlandt 1975b: 410, where it is argued that the Freising Fragments also offer evidence for AP (b).

Other cognates:

Skt. kṣám- (RV+) `earth' [f];

Gk. χθών `earth' [f];

Hitt. tēkan `earth'

, taknas [Gens]

Notes:

\{1\} In Old Russian, both AP (b) and (c) are attested (Zaliznjak 1985: 138).