Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrmorьcь

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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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*mъrmorьcь

Etymology

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From *mъrmorъ (small arthropod, tadpole) +‎ *-ьcь. Probably via assimilation from an earlier *vьrmorьcь, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (worm) + *-orъ +‎ *-ьcь, or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- (to grind, to rub).

Compare also Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx, ant).

Noun

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*mъrmorьcь m

  1. small crustacean, shrimp
  2. tadpole

Alternative forms

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Declension

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Descendants

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  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъmorьcь/*mъmolьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 251
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мърмор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 416