"vьrmьje" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See vьrmьje in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From *vъrm- / *vьrm- (“worm, insect”) + *-ьje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *warma- (“worm, insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian var̃mas (“insect, mosquito”), Old Prussian wormyan, warmun (“red”). Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm; serpent, snake”), Latin vermis (“worm”), Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos, “wood-worm”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|sla-pro||*ьje}} + *-ьje, {{der|sla-pro|ine-bsl-pro|*warma-|gloss=worm, insect}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *warma- (“worm, insect”), {{der|sla-pro|ine-pro|*wr̥mis|gloss=worm}} Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), {{cog|lt|var̃mas|gloss=insect, mosquito}} Lithuanian var̃mas (“insect, mosquito”), {{cog|prg|wormyan}} Old Prussian wormyan, {{cog|gem-pro|*wurmiz|gloss=worm; serpent, snake}} Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm; serpent, snake”), {{cog|la|vermis|gloss=worm}} Latin vermis (“worm”), {{cog|grc|ῥόμος|gloss=wood-worm}} Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhómos, “wood-worm”) Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], vьrmьje [nominative, singular], vьrmьji [dual, nominative], vьrmьja [nominative, plural], vьrmьja [genitive, singular], vьrmьju [dual, genitive], vьrmьjь [genitive, plural], vьrmьju [dative, singular], vьrmьjema [dative, dual], vьrmьjemъ [dative, plural], vьrmьje [accusative, singular], vьrmьji [accusative, dual], vьrmьja [accusative, plural], vьrmьjьmь [instrumental, singular], vьrmьjemь [instrumental, singular], vьrmьjema [dual, instrumental], vьrmьji [instrumental, plural], vьrmьji [locative, singular], vьrmьju [dual, locative], vьrmьjixъ [locative, plural], vьrmьje [singular, vocative], vьrmьji [dual, vocative], vьrmьja [plural, vocative]
  1. worms, insects Tags: neuter, reconstruction
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