Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/velьmi

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

From *vel- (“great”) +‎ *-ьmi (pl. instr.).

Adverb

*velьmi

1. very

Alternative forms

• *velьma (du. instr.)

Descendants

• Old East Slavic: вельми (velĭmi)
  • Belarusian: ве́льмі (vjélʹmi)
  • Russian: вельми́ (velʹmí) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: вельми (velĭmi)

    Glagolitic: ⰲⰵⰾⱐⰿⰻ (velĭmi)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вѐома

    Latin script: vèoma

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: velmi
  • Old Polish: wielmi
    • → Ukrainian: ве́льми (vélʹmy)
  • Slovak: veľmi

Further reading

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*velьmi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 515