In the present paper the etymology of SCr neman f. 'monster, ghost' is reconsidered and a new derivation from *nejьmati 'not to have, not to catch' proposed; the comparison with Russ. dial. nejman' besides nejm, nejmal' 'untameable (horse, dog); ill-mannered (person), evil-doer' enables to trace the word back to Common Slavic *nejьmanь.
Keywords:
Etymology / Serbian / Croatian / Slavic
Source:
Зборник Матице српске за филологију и лингвистику, 2007, 50, 455-457
TY - JOUR
AU - Loma, Aleksandar
PY - 2007
UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/2178
AB - In the present paper the etymology of SCr neman f. 'monster, ghost' is reconsidered and a new derivation from *nejьmati 'not to have, not to catch' proposed; the comparison with Russ. dial. nejman' besides nejm, nejmal' 'untameable (horse, dog); ill-mannered (person), evil-doer' enables to trace the word back to Common Slavic *nejьmanь.
PB - Нови Сад : Матица српска
T2 - Зборник Матице српске за филологију и лингвистику
T1 - Serbisch–kroatisch neman ‘Ungeheuer’
SP - 455
EP - 457
VL - 50
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_2178
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year = "2007",
abstract = "In the present paper the etymology of SCr neman f. 'monster, ghost' is reconsidered and a new derivation from *nejьmati 'not to have, not to catch' proposed; the comparison with Russ. dial. nejman' besides nejm, nejmal' 'untameable (horse, dog); ill-mannered (person), evil-doer' enables to trace the word back to Common Slavic *nejьmanь.",
publisher = "Нови Сад : Матица српска",
journal = "Зборник Матице српске за филологију и лингвистику",
title = "Serbisch–kroatisch neman ‘Ungeheuer’",
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url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_2178"
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Loma, A.. (2007). Serbisch–kroatisch neman ‘Ungeheuer’. in Зборник Матице српске за филологију и лингвистику
Нови Сад : Матица српска., 50, 455-457.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_2178
Loma A. Serbisch–kroatisch neman ‘Ungeheuer’. in Зборник Матице српске за филологију и лингвистику. 2007;50:455-457.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_2178 .
Loma, Aleksandar, "Serbisch–kroatisch neman ‘Ungeheuer’" in Зборник Матице српске за филологију и лингвистику, 50 (2007):455-457,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_2178 .
