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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrmьje
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *vъrm- / *vьrm- (“worm, insect”)[1] + *-ьje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *warma- (“worm, insect”)[2], from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian var̃mas (“insect, mosquito”), Old Prussian wormyan, warmun (“red”).
Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm; serpent, snake”), Latin vermis (“worm”), Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos, “wood-worm”).
Declension
Declension of *vьrmьje (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *vьrmьje | *vьrmьji | *vьrmьja |
Accusative | *vьrmьje | *vьrmьji | *vьrmьja |
Genitive | *vьrmьja | *vьrmьju | *vьrmьjь |
Locative | *vьrmьji | *vьrmьju | *vьrmьjixъ |
Dative | *vьrmьju | *vьrmьjema | *vьrmьjemъ |
Instrumental | *vьrmьjьmь, *vьrmьjemь* | *vьrmьjema | *vьrmьji |
Vocative | *vьrmьje | *vьrmьji | *vьrmьja |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic: *вьрмиѥ (*vĭrmije, “locusts, worms”)[3]
- Russian: ве́рмие (vérmije)
- Ukrainian: вермяний (vermjanyj, “red”)
References
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrmъkъ / *mъrmьcь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 20, Moscow: Nauka, page 252
- Pokorny 1959:1152
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “вермие”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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