Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bermę

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Balto-Slavic *bérˀmin, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérHmn̥. Cognate with Sanskrit भरीमन् (bhárīman, nourishment, subsistence) and parallel to Ancient Greek φέρμα (phérma, fetus, fruit in the womb), Sanskrit भर्मन् (bhárman, support, preservation) (without -H-).

Noun

*bèrmę or *bȇrmę n[1][2][3][4]

  1. load, burden
    Synonyms: *tęglo, *tęgostь, *noša

Inflection

Declension of *bèrmę (n-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *bèrmę *bèrmeni *bèrmenā
genitive *bèrmene *bèrmenu *bèrmenъ
dative *bèrmeni *bèrmenьma *bèrmenьmъ
accusative *bèrmę *bèrmeni *bèrmenā
instrumental *bèrmenьmь *bèrmenьma *bèrmenȳ
locative *bèrmene *bèrmenu *bèrmenьxъ
vocative *bèrmę *bèrmeni *bèrmenā
Declension of *bȇrmę (n-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *bȇrmę *bȇrmeni *bermenà
genitive *bȇrmene *bermenù *bermènъ
dative *bȇrmeni *bermenьmà *bermènьmъ
accusative *bȇrmę *bȇrmeni *bermenà
instrumental *bȇrmenьmь *bermenьmà *bermený
locative *bȇrmene *bermenù *bermènьxъ
vocative *bȇrmę *bȇrmeni *bermenà

Derived terms

  • *bermo (cargo, freight)
  • *berďь (pregnant)
  • *bernъ (newborn)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “беремя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bermę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 196
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бреме”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 77

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bèrmę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37:n. n (a) ‘load, burden’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bermę -ene”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a byrde (NA 133, 143; SA 24; PR 132)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “breme”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *be̋rmę, rod. *-ene
  4. ^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura[2] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 39:*be̋rmę, *bȇrmę