Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰrem-

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

An old sound symbolic root according to Kroonen.[1]

Root

*gʰrem-[2][3][4][5]

  1. to roar, rumble
    Synonyms: *bʰrem-, *dʰwen-
  2. to thunder
    Synonym: *(s)tenh₂-
  3. to be angry

Derived terms

  • *gʰé-gʰrom-ti ~ *gʰé-gʰr̥m-n̥ti (reduplicated athematic root present)[3]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: gramė́ti (to fall with a rumble)
  • *gʰrém-ye-ti (ye-present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gʰrámyati
      • Proto-Iranian: *grámyati
        • Sogdian:
          Syriac script: (ɣryntq /⁠ɣrintē⁠/, to roar, 3sg.dur.)
        • Middle Persian:
  • *gʰrom-éye-ti (eye-causative)[7]
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *gramjaną (to anger) (or denominative from *gramaz[3]) (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰr̥-né-m-ti ~ *gʰr̥-n-m-énti (nasal-infix)
    • Proto-Germanic: *grimmaną (to roar) (< metathesized *gʰr-én-m-ti[1]) (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰr̥m-éh₁-ti (eh₁-stative)[3][8]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *grimēˀtei[8] (with present stem from *gʰr̥m-h₁yé-ti ?[3])
      • Proto-Slavic: *grьměti (to thunder, to roar) (see there for further descendants)
      • Lithuanian: grumė́ti
  • *gʰrem-no-s[9][6]
    • Proto-Germanic: *grimmaz (grim, grimly, fierce) (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰr̥m-eh₂[10]
    • Ancient Greek: χάρμη (khármē, joy of battle)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*grimman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 190:*ghrém-n-e- or *ghr-én-m-e-
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. ghrem-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 458-459
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*gʰrem-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 204
  4. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 153:PIE *ghrem- ‘growl, make a menacing noise’
  5. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gram”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
  6. 6.0 6.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρεμετίζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1647
  7. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gramjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186:*ghrom-éie-
  8. 8.0 8.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “*grumėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 190-191:BSL *grimeʔ-; PIE *ghrm-eh₁-
  9. ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “grim”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 144:*gʰremno-
  10. ^ van Beek, Lucien (2022) The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 22)‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 432:PIE *gʰr̥m-eh₂‑