Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xъmeľь

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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

In all likelihood related with Proto-West Germanic *humilō, of uncertain origin, but assumed to be of Finnic/Uralic origin, as the Finno-Ugric tribes were the first to use hops for beer.. Compare Old English hymele, Middle Low German hōmel, Old Norse humli, Medieval Latin humulus. However, the direction of borrowing (Germanic > Slavic or vice versa) is uncertain.

Further theories connect it with either Iranian or Turkic; compare Ossetian хуымӕллӕг (x°ymællæg) and Proto-Turkic *kumlak respectively.

Noun

*xъmèľь m

  1. hop (plant)

Declension

Declension of *xъmeľь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xъmeľь *xъmeľa *xъmeľi
genitive *xъmeľa *xъmeľu *xъmeľь
dative *xъmeľu *xъmeľema *xъmeľemъ
accusative *xъmeľь *xъmeľa *xъmeľę̇
instrumental *xъmeľьmь, *xъmeľemь* *xъmeľema *xъmeľi
locative *xъmeľi *xъmeľu *xъmeľixъ
vocative *xъmeľu *xъmeľa *xъmeľi

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хмель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xъmelь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 141

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hop2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “hmẹ̑lj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*xъmel'ь̏