Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrmьje
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *vъrm- / *vьrm- (“worm, insect”)[1] + *-ьje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *warma- (“worm, insect”),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian var̃mas (“insect, mosquito”), Old Prussian wormyan, warmun (“red”).
Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm; serpent, snake”), Latin vermis (“worm”), Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos, “wood-worm”).
Noun
*vьrmьje n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vьrmьje | *vьrmьji | *vьrmьja |
| genitive | *vьrmьja | *vьrmьju | *vьrmьjь |
| dative | *vьrmьju | *vьrmьjema | *vьrmьjemъ |
| accusative | *vьrmьje | *vьrmьji | *vьrmьja |
| instrumental | *vьrmьjьmь, *vьrmьjemь* | *vьrmьjema | *vьrmьji |
| locative | *vьrmьji | *vьrmьju | *vьrmьjixъ |
| vocative | *vьrmьje | *vьrmьji | *vьrmьja |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- >? Old East Slavic: *вьрмиѥ (*vĭrmije), вермиѥ (vermije, “locusts, worms”)[3]
- ⇒ Ukrainian: верм'я́ний (vermʺjányj, “red”), верм'я́но (vermʺjáno)
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrmъkъ / *mъrmьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 252
- ^ Pokorny 1959:1152
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вермие”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress