Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъkromьnъ
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From *sъkromъ (“restricted, bounded”) + *-ьnъ. More at *kroma.
Adjective edit
*sъkromьnъ
Inflection edit
Indefinite declension of *sъkromьnъ (hard)
Definite declension of *sъkromьnъ (hard)
Derived terms edit
- *sъkromьnostь (“modesty”)
- *sъkromьnikъ m, *sъkromьnica f (“humble person”)
Related terms edit
- *kroma (“edge, boundary”)
Descendants edit
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скромный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скромен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 802