Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrmьje

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

*vьrmьje n

  1. worms, insects

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Pokorny 1959:1152
  3. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вермие”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress