Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьrmь

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

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kírmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis (“worm”).

Noun

*čьrmь m

1. worm

Derived terms

• *čьrmelь
• *čьrmiti
  • *čьrmľenъ
• *čьrmьnъ
  • *čьrmьnakъ
  • *čьrmьněti
  • *čьrmьnica
  • *čьrmьnikъ
  • *čьrmьnъkъ
  • *čьrmьnovati
  • *čьrmьňь, *čьrmьnь
• *čьrmъ
  • *čьrmakъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Novgorodian: *цьрмь m (*ćĭrmĭ, “worm”), ⇒ цьрмь f (ćĭrmĭ, “red cloth”)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: čȓm, čȓn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • >? Polish: czerń (“worms in rotting meat”)
  • Slovak: črm (“big wasp”) (dialectal)