Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьměti

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-Balto-Slavic *grimēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥m-eh₁-ye-ti. Cognate with Lithuanian grumė́ti (to thunder, to roar), gruménti (to roar), Latvian gremt (to mutter), Old Prussian grumins (thunder), Proto-Germanic *grimmaną (to rage), *gramjaną (to provoke, anger), and possibly Ancient Greek χρεμετῐ́ζω (khremetĭ́zō, to neigh).

    Verb

    *grьmě̀ti impf (frequentative *grimàti)[1][2]

    1. to thunder, to roar

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: грьмѣти (grĭměti), гремѣти (greměti)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Cyrillic: грьмѣти (grĭměti)
        Glagolitic: ⰳⱃⱐⰿⱑⱅⰻ (grĭměti)
      • Bulgarian: гърмя́ (gǎrmjá)
      • Macedonian: грми (grmi)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: гр̀мљети, гр̀мети
        Latin: gr̀mljeti, gr̀meti
      • Slovene: grmẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: hřmieti
        • Czech: hřmít, hřmět
      • Polabian: gramăt
      • Old Polish: grzmieć
      • Slovak: hrmieť
      • Slovincian: grzmjêc

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “греметь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grьměti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 163
    • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “греметь”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grьměti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195:v. (c) ‘thunder, roar’
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “grьměti: grьmjǫ grьmitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c tordne (PR 139)