Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gromъ

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-Indo-European *gʰrómos (a roar, rumble; thunder). Cognate with Ancient Greek χρόμος (khrómos, crashing sound),[1] Proto-Germanic *grimmaz.

    Noun

    *gròmъ or *grȍmъ m[2][3]

    1. thunder

    Inflection

    Declension of *gròmъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *gròmъ *gromà *gromì
    genitive *gromà *gromù *gròmъ
    dative *gromù *gromòma *gromòmъ
    accusative *gròmъ *gromà *gromỳ
    instrumental *gromъ̀mь, *gromòmь* *gromòma *gròmy
    locative *gromě̀ *gromù *gròměxъ
    vocative *grome *gromà *gromì

    * -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

    Declension of *grȍmъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *grȍmъ *grȍma *grȍmi
    genitive *grȍma *gromù *gròmъ
    dative *grȍmu *gromomà *gromòmъ
    accusative *grȍmъ *grȍma *grȍmy
    instrumental *grȍmъmь, *grȍmomь* *gromomà *gromý
    locative *grȍmě *gromù *gromě̃xъ
    vocative *grome *grȍma *grȍmi

    * -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: громъ (gromŭ)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: hrom
      • Old Polish: grom
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: grom
        • Slovincian: gróm, grõm (Kluki, Stojcino)
      • Old Slovak: hrom
      • Sorbian:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гром”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gromъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 138
    • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “гром”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

    References

    1. ^ The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. By J. P. Mallory, D. Q. Adams
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grȏmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 190:m. o (c) ‘thunder’
    3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “gromъ groma”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c torden (NA 100f.; PR 137)