Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-měrъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ros (“great”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros), Proto-Celtic *māros (“great”) (> Old Irish mór), Proto-Germanic *mēri- (“famous”) (> Old High German māri)
Noun
*-měrъ m
Inflection
Declension of *-měrъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-měrъ | *-měra | *-měri |
| genitive | *-měra | *-měru | *-měrъ |
| dative | *-měru | *-měroma | *-měromъ |
| accusative | *-měrъ | *-měra | *-měry |
| instrumental | *-měrъmь, *-měromь* | *-měroma | *-měry |
| locative | *-měrě | *-měru | *-měrěxъ |
| vocative | *-měre | *-měra | *-měri |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
Derived terms
Descendants
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References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*māro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*mēri-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-мер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Володимер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Владимир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*budimirъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 76
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jaroměrъ/*jaromirъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 176