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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wr̥mis

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 This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from the root *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).[1] Alternatively, a mutation of the synonymous *kʷr̥mis.[2] Ancient Greek ὅρμικας pl (hórmikas, “ants”), Tocharian B warme (“ant”) and Sanskrit वम्र (vamrá, “ant”), traditionally linked to *morwi- (“ant”), may however point to a distinct root *worm-, which could be the source of *wr̥mis. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun edit

*wr̥mis

  1. worm
    Synonym: *kʷr̥mis
  2. an animal resembling a worm, especially: insect larva

Reconstruction notes edit

Several descendants appear to have been reshaped irregularly by a process such as taboo or analogy; compare the similar problems of *morwi- and *plúsis.

Inflection edit

Most likely originally *wórm- in the strong stem:

Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *wórmis
genitive *wr̥méys
singular dual plural
nominative *wórmis *wórmih₁(e) *wórmeyes
vocative *wórmi *wórmih₁(e) *wórmeyes
accusative *wórmim *wórmih₁(e) *wórmims
genitive *wr̥méys *? *wr̥méyoHom
ablative *wr̥méys *? *wr̥mímos
dative *wr̥méyey *? *wr̥mímos
locative *wr̥méy, *wr̥mḗy *? *wr̥mísu
instrumental *wr̥míh₁ *? *wr̥mímis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Albanian: *wrimi
  • Proto-Armenian:
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wārmi-, *wārmas
  • Proto-Celtic:
  • Proto-Germanic: *wurmiz[5] (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *wrómos
  • Proto-Italic: *wormis
    • Latin: vermis (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “worm”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vermis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 665
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “varmas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 490
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “wormyan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 567
  5. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wurmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 600
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