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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xъmeľь

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

Commonly derived from either Germanic, Indo-Iranian or Turkic.

See Old Norse humli, Ossetian хуымӕллӕг (x°ymællæg) and Proto-Turkic *kumlak respectively.

Noun

*xъmèľь m[1]

  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
  • *xъmelьnъ
  • *xъmelina
  • *xъmelišče (“field with hop”)
  • *xъmeliti (“to spice a drink with hop”)

Descendants
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Greek: χούμελη (choúmeli)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хмель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xъmelь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 141

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “hmẹ̑lj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*xъmel'ь̏”
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