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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьměti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *grimēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥m-eh₁-. Cognate with Lithuanian grumė́ti (“to thunder, to roar”), gruménti (“to roar”), Latvian gremt (“to mutter”), Old Prussian grumins (“thunder”), Proto-Germanic *grimmaną (“to rage”), *gramjaną (“to provoke, anger”), and possibly Ancient Greek χρεμίξω (khremíxō, “to neigh”).
Verb
*grьmě̀ti impf[1][2]
- to thunder, to roar
Inflection
Conjugation of *grьměti, *grьmě, *grьmitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-ěti
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *grьměnьje | *grьměti | *grьmětъ | *grьmělъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | — | — |
| Active | *grьměvъ | *grьmę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *grьměxъ | *grьmě | *grьmě | *grьmľǫ | *grьmiši | *grьmitь |
| Dual | *grьměxově | *grьměsta | *grьměste | *grьmivě | *grьmita | *grьmite |
| Plural | *grьměxomъ | *grьměste | *grьměšę | *grьmimъ | *grьmite | *grьmętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *grьměaxъ | *grьměaše | *grьměaše | — | *grьmi | *grьmi |
| Dual | *grьměaxově | *grьměašeta | *grьměašete | *grьmivě | *grьmita | — |
| Plural | *grьměaxomъ | *grьměašete | *grьměaxǫ | *grьmimъ | *grьmite | — |
Related terms
- *gromъ (“thunder”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: грьмѣти (grĭměti), гремѣти (greměti)
- Belarusian: грыме́ць (hrymjécʹ)
- Russian: греме́ть (gremétʹ)
- Ukrainian: гремі́ти (hremíty), гримі́ти (hrymíty)
- Old East Slavic: грьмѣти (grĭměti), гремѣти (greměti)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: грьмѣти (grĭměti)
- Glagolitic: ⰳⱃⱐⰿⱑⱅⰻ (grĭměti)
- Bulgarian: гърмя́ (gǎrmjá)
- Macedonian: грми (grmi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: гр̀мљети, гр̀мети
- Latin: gr̀mljeti, gr̀meti
- Chakavian (Vrgada): gᵉrmȉti
- Chakavian (Orbanići): gr̄mȅt
- Slovene: grmẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hřmieti
- Czech: hřmít, hřmět
- Polabian: gramăt
- Old Polish: grzmieć
- Polish: grzmieć
- Slovak: hrmieť
- Slovincian: gřmjìe̯c
- Old Czech: hřmieti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “греметь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grьměti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 163
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “греметь”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grьměti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195: “v. (c) ‘thunder, roar’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “grьměti: grьmjǫ grьmitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tordne (PR 139)”