Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъmyzъ

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

Likely from the same root as Proto-Slavic *gъmъza (“clump”), *gъmota (“matter”), *gomola (“clump, heap”), but unclear beyond that. Possibly akin to Proto-Slavic *žęti (“to squeeze”).

Noun

*gъmyzъ m

1. swarming insect, pest
2. pebble, shingle (in South Slavic)

Alternative forms

• *gъmyza f

Inflection

Declension of *gъmyzъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gъmyzъ	*gъmyza	*gъmyzi
genitive	*gъmyza	*gъmyzu	*gъmyzъ
dative	*gъmyzu	*gъmyzoma	*gъmyzomъ
accusative	*gъmyzъ	*gъmyza	*gъmyzy
instrumental	*gъmyzъmь, *gъmyzomь*	*gъmyzoma	*gъmyzy
locative	*gъmyzě	*gъmyzu	*gъmyzěxъ
vocative	*gъmyze	*gъmyza	*gъmyzi

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

Derived terms

• *gъmyzati (“to swarm, to infest”)

Related terms

• *gъmъžiti (“to swarm, to diffuse”)
• *gъmъzъ (“swarm, crowd, band”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: гмыз (hmyz)
  • Russian: гмы́за f (gmýza, “swarm”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: гми̑з m, гми́за f (“pearl”)

    Latin script: gmȋz m, gmíza f (“pearl”)

  • Slovene: gmíza f (“pearl”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hmyz
  • Slovak: hmyz

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*gъmyzъ/*gъmyza”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 195