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 *gruda (“pile, heap”) +‎ *-mъ. Possibly akin to Lithuanian graũmenys pl (“thicket”).

Noun

*grъ̏mъ m^[1]^[2]

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.

Derived terms

*grъmica (diminutive)
*grъmola, *grъmuľa
*grъmestъ (“bushy”)

Related terms

*grumy ~ *grumenь (“lump, thicket”)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: гру́мик (grúmik), гру́мец (grúmec) (dialectal, with *-kъ extension)
- → Serbo-Croatian: гру̏ме̄н／grȕmēn

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)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “grъmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194: “m. o ‘bush, shrub’”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gȓm”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *grъ̏mъ”

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grъmъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 159
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гръм²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 289
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грум”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “grъmъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194: “m. o ‘bush, shrub’”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “gȓm”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *grъ̏mъ”

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