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Zaum
Zaum comes from Russian зау́мный ‘excessively complicated or unclear’, from у́мный ‘clever, smart, intelligent’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to see, perceive’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-‘to see, perceive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-m-o-reconstructedderivation of *h₂ew-
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*aum-reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*umъ‘mind’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernумъ‘mind’
- Russianmodernум‘mind’
- Russian, derivedmodernу́мный‘clever, smart, intelligent’
- Russian, derivedmodernзау́мный‘excessively complicated or unclear’
- Russian, derivedmodernза́умьliterally ‘nonsense’
- EnglishtodayZaum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-‘to see, perceive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-m-o-reconstructedderivation of *h₂ew-
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*aum-reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*umъ‘mind’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernумъ‘mind’
- Russianmodernум‘mind’
- Russian, derivedmodernу́мный‘clever, smart, intelligent’
- Russian, derivedmodernзау́мный‘excessively complicated or unclear’
- Russian, derivedmodernза́умьliterally ‘nonsense’
- EnglishtodayZaum
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to see, perceive’
love, audience, egg, ear, aviation, acoustic, oval, obey, audit, avid, anesthesia, ey, ovation, audible, avian, aviator, auspicious, avarice, aviary, ocarina, aural, otolaryngology, 66 more
Today it means
name Linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- / Zaum