Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrmorьcь
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *mъrmorъ (“small arthropod, tadpole”) + *-ьcь. Probably via assimilation from an earlier *vьrmorьcь, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”) + *-orъ + *-ьcь, or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- (“to grind, to rub”).
Compare also Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”).
Noun
[edit]*mъrmorьcь m
- small crustacean, shrimp
- tadpole
Alternative forms
[edit]Declension
[edit]Declension of *mъrmorьcь (soft o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *mъrmorьcь | *mъrmorьca | *mъrmorьci |
genitive | *mъrmorьca | *mъrmorьcu | *mъrmorьcь |
dative | *mъrmorьcu | *mъrmorьcema | *mъrmorьcemъ |
accusative | *mъrmorьcь | *mъrmorьca | *mъrmorьcę̇ |
instrumental | *mъrmorьcьmь, *mъrmorьcemь* | *mъrmorьcema | *mъrmorьci |
locative | *mъrmorьci | *mъrmorьcu | *mъrmorьcixъ |
vocative | *mъrmorьče | *mъrmorьca | *mъrmorьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
[edit]- *vьrmьje (“insects”) (probably)
- *mъrmъkъ, *mъrmica (“type of insect, bug”)
- *mъrmyšь (“fishing bait”)
Descendants
[edit]- South Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: mormoloc (“tadpole”)
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъmorьcь/*mъmolьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 251
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мърмор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 416