Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grъmъ

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

Supposed to be from an earlier *grъdmъ, from the 0-grade of *gruditi (“to pile, to accumulate”) +‎ *-mъ.

Noun

*grъ̏mъ m

1. bush, shrub

   Synonym: *kъřь

Declension

Declension of *grъ̏mъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grъ̏mъ	*grъ̏ma	*grъ̏mi
genitive	*grъ̏ma	*grъmù	*grъ̀mъ
dative	*grъ̏mu	*grъmomà	*grъmòmъ
accusative	*grъ̏mъ	*grъ̏ma	*grъ̏my
instrumental	*grъ̏mъmь, *grъ̏momь*	*grъmomà	*grъmý
locative	*grъ̏mě	*grъmù	*grъmě̃xъ
vocative	*grъme	*grъ̏ma	*grъ̏mi

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

Related terms

• *gruditi (“to pile, to accumulate”)
• *gruda (“pile, heap”)
• *gъrdъ (“inflated; pompous, proud”)

Derived terms

• *grъmica (diminutive)
• *grъmestъ (“bushy”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гръмъ (grŭmŭ), громъ (gromŭ)
    • Russian: гром (grom)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: гръмъ (grŭmŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰳⱃⱏⰿⱏ (grŭmŭ)

  • Bulgarian: гръм (grǎm)
  • Serbo-Croatian: gȓm
    • Serbo-Croatian: gȑm (Chakavian)
  • Slovene: gȓm (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grъmъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 158
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гръм²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 289