grьměti

grьměti Grammatical information: v. Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `thunder, roar'

Page in Trubačev: VII 163-164

Old Church Slavic:

grъmę (Supr.) `thundering' [Nomsm pprsa]

Russian:

gremét' `thunder, roar' [verb], gremljú [1sg], gremít [3sg]

Czech:

hřm̌eti `thunder, roar, rumble' [verb];

hřmíti `thunder, roar, rumble' [verb]

Slovak:

hrmiet' `thunder, roar' [verb]

Polish:

grzmieć `thunder, roar' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

gr̀mljeti `thunder' [verb], gr̀mīm [1sg];

g^ermȉti (Vrgada) `thunder' [verb], g^ermĩ [3sg];

Čak. gr̄mȅt (Orbanići) `thunder' [verb], gr̄mĩ [3sg]

Slovene:

grmẹ́ti `thunder' [verb], grmím [1sg]

Bulgarian:

gărmjá `thunder' [verb]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: grimeʔtei

Lithuanian:

grumė́ti `thunder, roar, rumble' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: gʰrm-ehL1-

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Comments: The zero grade must have been metathesized quite early - possibly in Balto-Slavic times - on the analogy of the full grade.

Other cognates:

OIc. gramr `grim, hostile' [adj], OE grimman `rage'