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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrmьje
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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”).
Noun
*vьrmьje n
- worms, insects
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:
- >? Old East Slavic: *вьрмиѥ (*vĭrmije), вермиѥ (vermije, “locusts, worms”)[3]
- ⇒ Ukrainian: верм'я́ний (vermʺjányj, “red”), верм'я́но (vermʺjáno)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrmъkъ / *mъrmьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 252
- Pokorny 1959:1152
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вермие”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress