Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sormъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śarmas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer(H)- (“pain, harm”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm”), Persian شرم (šarm, “shame”). Probably further akin to Latvian sērmelis (“terror”).
Formally comparable with Lithuanian šarmá (“hoarfrost”), but uncertain if related.
Noun
Declension
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *sȏrmъ | *sȏrma | *sȏrmi |
genitive | *sȏrma | *sormù | *sõrmъ |
dative | *sȏrmu | *sormomà | *sormòmъ |
accusative | *sȏrmъ | *sȏrma | *sȏrmy |
instrumental | *sȏrmъmь, *sȏrmomь* | *sormomà | *sormý |
locative | *sȏrmě | *sormù | *sormě̃xъ |
vocative | *sorme | *sȏrma | *sȏrmi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *sormiti (“to ashame”)
- *sormežь, *sorměžь (“ashamement”)
- *sormьje (“disgrace”)
- *sormьnъ (“shameful”)
- *sormota (“disgrace”)
- *sormovati (“to cause shame”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сором”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “срам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 408
- “šarma”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sormъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c skændsel (PR 137; RPT 105)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “sram”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *sȏrmъ”