Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrmiti

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 1

Derived from *kъrmъ.

Verb

*kъrmiti

  1. to feed

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: кармі́ць (karmícʹ)
    • Russian: корми́ть (kormítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: корми́ти (kormýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: кръмити (krŭmiti)
    • Bulgarian: къ́рмя (kǎ́rmja)
    • Macedonian: крми (krmi)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: крмити
      Latin script: krmiti
  • West Slavic:

Etymology 2

Derived from *kъrmà.

Verb

*kъrmiti

  1. to steer

Descendants

  • South Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “корм”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrmiti I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 220