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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sormъ

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 *śarmas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer(H)- (“pain, harm”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm”), Persian شرم (šarm, “shame”). Probably further akin to Latvian sērmelis (“terror”).

Formally comparable with Lithuanian šarmá (“hoarfrost”), but uncertain if related.

Noun

*sȏrmъ m[1][2]

  1. shame

Declension
Declension of *sȏrmъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *sȏrmъ *sȏrma *sȏrmi
genitive *sȏrma *sormù *sõrmъ
dative *sȏrmu *sormomà *sormòmъ
accusative *sȏrmъ *sȏrma *sȏrmy
instrumental *sȏrmъmь, *sȏrmomь* *sormomà *sormý
locative *sȏrmě *sormù *sormě̃xъ
vocative *sorme *sȏrma *sȏrmi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *sormiti (“to ashame”)
    • *sormežь/*sorměžь (“ashamement”)
  • *sormovati (“to cause shame”)
  • *sormota (“disgrace”)
  • *sormьje (“disgrace”)
  • *sormьnъ (“shameful”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: соромъ (soromŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech:
    • Slovak:
    • Old Polish: srom
    • Sorbian:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сором”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “срам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 408
  • “šarma”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “sormъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c skændsel (PR 137; RPT 105)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “sram”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *sȏrmъ”
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