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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/komarъ

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

Most likely from the onomatopoeic root Proto-Indo-European *komH- (“to hum”) + *-arъ. Brückner and Skok tentatively consider an original or-stem (perhaps Proto-Indo-European *komHṓr ~ *komHorés?) in view of archaic descendants with o-grade ending (e.g. Old Polish komor, komór).

Cognate with Lithuanian kamanė (“bumblebee”), Latvian kamene (“bumblebee”), Old Prussian camus (“bumblebee”) and akin via another root grade to Proto-Slavic *čьmeľь (“bumblebee”), Proto-Germanic *humelaz (“bumblebee”).

Noun

*komãrъ m[1][2]

  1. mosquito
  2. (regionally) gnat
    Synonym: *mъšica / *mъšьka

Alternative forms
  • *komarь ~ *komařь

Declension
Declension of *komãrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *komãrъ *komārà *komārì
genitive *komārà *komārù *komãrъ
dative *komārù *komāròma *komāròmъ
accusative *komãrъ *komārà *komārỳ
instrumental *komārъ̀mь, *komāròmь* *komāròma *komãry
locative *komārě̀ *komārù *komãrěxъ
vocative *komare *komārà *komārì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *komarьcь (diminutive)
  • *komarьnъ, *komarovъ/*komařevъ (adjectives)

See also

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: комаръ (komarŭ)
    • Old East Slavic: *комарь (*komarĭ)
      • Russian: кома́рь (komárʹ) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: кома́рь (komárʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: комаръ (komarŭ), комарь (komarĭ)
    • Bulgarian: кома́р (komár)
    • Macedonian: комар (komar)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (dated)
      Cyrillic script: ко̀ма̄р
      Latin script: kòmār
    • Slovene: komár (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “komarъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b myg (PR 134)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “komár”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*komarъ̏”

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*komarъ/*komarь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 169
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “комар”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “комар”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 531
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “комар¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 568
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