Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷrimis

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis. Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš, Proto-Balto-Slavic *kirmis.

Noun

*kʷrimis ?

worm

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷrimis	*kʷrimī	*kʷrimīs
vocative	*kʷrimi	*kʷrimī	*kʷrimīs
accusative	*kʷrimim	*kʷrimī	*kʷrimīs
genitive	*kʷrimēs	*kʷrimyow	*kʷrimyom
dative	*kʷrimē	*kʷrimibom	*kʷrimibos
instrumental	*kʷrimī	*kʷrimibim	*kʷrimibis

Descendants

Brythonic: *prɨβ̃
- Middle Breton: preff
  - Breton: preñv
- Old Cornish: prif
  - Middle Cornish: pref
    - Cornish: prev, pryv
- Old Welsh: prem
  - Middle Welsh: pryf
    - Welsh: pryf
Old Irish: cruim
- Irish: cruimh
- Scottish Gaelic: cnuimh