Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wr̥mis
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Proto-Indo-European
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from the root *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).[1] Alternatively, a mutation of the synonymous *kʷr̥mis.[2] Ancient Greek ὅρμικας pl (hórmikas, “ants”), Tocharian B warme (“ant”) and Sanskrit वम्र (vamrá, “ant”), traditionally linked to *morwi- (“ant”), may however point to a distinct root *worm-, which could be the source of *wr̥mis. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
[edit]*wr̥mis
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Several descendants appear to have been reshaped irregularly by a process such as taboo or analogy; compare the similar problems of *morwi- and *plúsis.
Inflection
[edit]Most likely originally *wórm- in the strong stem:
Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *wórmis | ||
genitive | *wr̥méys | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *wórmis | *wórmih₁(e) | *wórmeyes |
vocative | *wórmi | *wórmih₁(e) | *wórmeyes |
accusative | *wórmim | *wórmih₁(e) | *wórmims |
genitive | *wr̥méys | *? | *wr̥méyoHom |
ablative | *wr̥méys | *? | *wr̥mímos |
dative | *wr̥méyey | *? | *wr̥mímos |
locative | *wr̥méy, *wr̥mḗy | *? | *wr̥mísu |
instrumental | *wr̥míh₁ | *? | *wr̥mímis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Albanian: *wrimi
- Albanian: rrime
- Proto-Armenian:
- >? Old Armenian: որդն (ordn)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wārmi-, *wārmas
- Proto-Celtic:
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Welsh: gwraint
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Proto-Germanic: *wurmiz[6] (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *wrómos
- Ancient Greek: ῥόμος (rhómos, “wood-worm”)
- Proto-Italic: *wormis
- Latin: vermis (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “worm”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vermis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 665
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “varmas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 490
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “wormyan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567
- ^ G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “wormyan”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 211
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wurmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 600