Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurmiją

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *wurmiz (“worm”) +‎ *-ją (collective suffix). Kroonen points out that an identical neuter collective formation also appears in Proto-Slavic *vьrmьje.[1]

Noun

*wurmiją n[2]

  1. vermin

Inflection

Declension of *wurmiją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wurmiją *wurmijō
vocative *wurmiją *wurmijō
accusative *wurmiją *wurmijō
genitive *wurmijas, *wurmīs *wurmijǫ̂
dative *wurmijai *wurmijamaz
instrumental *wurmijō *wurmijamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gawurmī
  • Old Norse: yrmi

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wurmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 600
  2. ^ Rychło, Mikołaj, Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2022) “Proto-Indo-European Collective Nouns in *-ii̯om: Lexical Evidence”, in The Journal of Indo-European Studies, volume 50, number 1 & 2, page 155
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