Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-měrъ

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 *meh₁ros (“great”).

Cognate with Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros), Proto-Celtic *māros (“great”) (> Old Irish mór), Proto-Germanic *mēri- (“famous”) (> Old High German māri)

Noun

*-měrъ m

1. great

Inflection

Declension of *-měrъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-měrъ	*-měra	*-měri
genitive	*-měra	*-měru	*-měrъ
dative	*-měru	*-měroma	*-měromъ
accusative	*-měrъ	*-měra	*-měry
instrumental	*-měrъmь, *-měromь*	*-měroma	*-měry
locative	*-měrě	*-měru	*-měrěxъ
vocative	*-měre	*-měra	*-měri

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

See also

• *mirъ, *miriti, *mirьnъ
• *měra, *měriti, *měrьnъ

Derived terms

• *Jaroměrъ
• *Voldiměrъ

Descendants

See derived terms

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*māro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mēri-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-мер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Володимер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Владимир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*budimirъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 76
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jaroměrъ/*jaromirъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 176