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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьmeľь
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European km̥H-el-i-, probably onomatopoeic from a root *kemH- (“to hum”). Cognate with Lithuanian kamanė (“bumblebee”), Latvian kamene (“bumblebee”), Old Prussian camus (“bumblebee”), Proto-Germanic *humelaz (“bumblebee”).
Declension
Declension of *čьmèľь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *čьmèľь | *čьmeľà | *čьmeľì |
| Accusative | *čьmèľь | *čьmeľà | *čьmeľę̇̀ |
| Genitive | *čьmeľà | *čьmeľù | *čьmèľь |
| Locative | *čьmeľì | *čьmeľù | *čьmèľixъ |
| Dative | *čьmeľù | *čьmeľèma | *čьmèľemъ |
| Instrumental | *čьmeľь̀mь, *čьmeľèmь* | *čьmeľèma | *čьmèľi |
| Vocative | *čьmeľu | *čьmeľà | *čьmeľì |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чмѐла
- Latin: čmèla
- Slovene: čmŕlj (tonal orthography)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- “*čьmelь/*čьmela”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 145, Moscow: Nauka, 1974–, page 4
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “шмель”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “čmrlj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*čьmel'ь̏”
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