remy

remy Grammatical information: m. n Proto-Slavic meaning: `strap, belt'

Old Church Slavic:

remenь `latchet' [m n], remene [Gens]

Russian:

remén' `strap, belt' [m jo], remnjá [Gens]

Czech:

řemen `strap, belt' [m o/jo]

Slovak:

remeň `strap, belt' [m jo]

Polish:

rzemień `strap, belt' [m jo];

rzemyk `little leather strap, thong' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

rȅmēn `strap, belt' [m o], rȅmena [Gens];

rèmik (Herc.) `strap, belt' [m o];

Čak. rȅmik (Orbanići) `strap (of a whip)' [m o]

Slovene:

rémen `strap, belt' [m o], remę́na [Gens]

Comments: Attempts have been made to connect *remy with -> *arьmъ/o, but this meets with formal difficulties. Apart from the fact that in South Slavic there are no forms pointing to *rě- may be consider a counter-argument (but cf. OCS retь). More importantly, arьmъ/o is usually derived from PIE h₂er-, which seems incompatible with *remy. On the other hand, the relationship with MHG rieme m. `strap, belt', the etymology of which is unknown, is also unclear.