Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gromada

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-Indo-European *h₂gr-om-, from *h₂ger-. Cognate with Lithuanian grùmulas (“lump”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *grā́mas (“village, town, community”).

Noun

*gromada f[1]

  1. heap, pile

Declension

Declension of *gromada (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gromada *gromadě *gromady
genitive *gromady *gromadu *gromadъ
dative *gromadě *gromadama *gromadamъ
accusative *gromadǫ *gromadě *gromady
instrumental *gromadojǫ, *gromadǫ** *gromadama *gromadami
locative *gromadě *gromadu *gromadasъ, *gromadaxъ*
vocative *gromado *gromadě *gromady

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

Non-Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gromada”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 190: “f. ā ‘heap, pile’”
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërmadhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
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