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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kírmis
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
PIE word |
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*kʷŕ̥mis |
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis.
Noun
*kírmis m[1][2]
- worm
Inflection
Declension of *kírmis (i-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Nominative | *kírmis | *kírmīˀ | *kírmejes | |
Accusative | *kírmin | *kírmīˀ | *kírmī(ˀ)ns | |
Genitive | *kírmeis | *kírmejau | *kírmejōn | |
Locative | *kírmēiˀ | *kírmejau | *kírmišu | |
Dative | *kírmei | *kírmimā(ˀ) | *kírmimas | |
Instrumental | *kírmīˀ (early forms) | *kírmimāˀ | *kírmimīˀs | |
Vocative | *kírmei | *kírmīˀ | *kírmejes |
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Latvian: cirmis
- ⇒ Latvian: cirmenis
- Lithuanian: kirmìs, kir̃mis
- Latvian: cirmis
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: girmis
- Proto-Slavic: *čь̃rvь or *čь̑rvь (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Finnic: *kärmeh (see there for further descendants)
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čьrvь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93: “*kir-m/w-i-”
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “kirmis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246: “*kir-m/w-i-”