Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grъmъ

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

Supposed to be from an earlier *grъdmъ, from the 0-grade of *gruda (pile, heap) +‎ *-mъ. Possibly akin to Lithuanian graũmenys pl (thicket).

Noun

*grъ̏mъ m[1][2]

  1. bush, shrub
    Synonym: *kъřь

Declension

Declension of *grъ̏mъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *grъ̏mъ *grъ̏ma *grъ̏mi
genitive *grъ̏ma *grъmù *grъ̀mъ
dative *grъ̏mu *grъmomà *grъmòmъ
accusative *grъ̏mъ *grъ̏ma *grъ̏my
instrumental *grъ̏mъmь, *grъ̏momь* *grъmomà *grъmý
locative *grъ̏mě *grъmù *grъmě̃xъ
vocative *grъme *grъ̏ma *grъ̏mi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

  • *grъměždžь
  • *o(b)grъmъ
  • *grъmica (diminutive)
  • *grъmola, *grъmuľa
  • *grъmestъ (bushy)
  • *grumy ~ *grumenь (lump, thicket)
    • Bulgarian: гру́мик (grúmik), гру́мец (grúmec) (dialectal, with *-kъ extension)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: гру̏ме̄н / grȕmēn

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: гръмъ (grŭmŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰳⱃⱏⰿⱏ (grŭmŭ)
    • Bulgarian: гръм (grǎm)
    • Serbo-Croatian: gȓm
      • Serbo-Croatian: gȑm (Chakavian)
    • Slovene: gȓm (tonal orthography)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “grъmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194:m. o ‘bush, shrub’
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gȓm”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *grъ̏mъ

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grъmъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 159
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гръм²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 289
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грум”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress