Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čermъxa

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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

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*čermъxa

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Etymology

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Cognate with Lithuanian šermukšnis (rowan, mountain ash), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kermušā, *śermušā. From Proto-Indo-European *ḱremuseh₂; compare Proto-West Germanic *hramusō (ramson), Old Irish crem (dog's leek, buckrams), Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, onion).

The reason for limited attestation in Macedonia and Bulgaria, or with the meaning Prunus mahaleb in Serbia and Macedonia, is the range of the plant ending there.

Noun

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*čermъxa f

  1. hagberry (fruit, tree, or wood) (Prunus padus)

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čermъxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 67
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “черемуха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress