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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vermę

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *wer(t)men/*wer(t)min, from Proto-Indo-European *wértmn̥ (revolution), a -men-stem derivative of *wert- (to turn). Cognate with Sanskrit वर्त्मन् (vártman, track, course). Probably[1] originally meant “period (of time)”, undergoing a similar sematic shift as French temps (time) from Latin tempus (period).

Noun

*vermę̀ n[2][3][1]

  1. (probably) period, hour
    Synonym: *časъ
  2. time
    Synonyms: *pora, *počasьje

Declension

Derived terms

  • *bezvermьje (timelessness)
  • *vermenьnъ (temporary)
  • *vermevъ (temporal)
  • *vermena dьne (times of day)
  • *vermena goda (seasons)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: веремѧ (veremę)
      • Belarusian: ве́реме (vjérjemje) (obsolete)
      • Ukrainian: вере́м'я (verémʺja) (obsolete)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic: ⰲⱃⱑⰿⱔ (vrěmę)
      Old Cyrillic: врѣмѧ (vrěmę)
      • Belarusian: урэ́мя (urémja) (obsolete)
      • Russian: вре́мя (vrémja)
      • Ukrainian: уре́м'я (urémʺja)/уре́мня (urémnja)/ве́ремє (véremje) (obsolete)
    • Bulgarian: вре́ме (vréme), вря́ме (vrjáme) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: време (vreme)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: вре́ме, врије́ме, ври́ме
      Latin: vréme, vrijéme, vríme
    • Slovene: vréme
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: vřémě
    • Old Polish: wrzemię
  • Non-Slavic languages:

Further reading

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), vreme”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vermę̋, rod. *vȇrmene”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vermę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), vermę vermene”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 199; PR 138; MP 20, 25)”
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