Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kírmis

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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

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Etymology

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PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis.

Noun

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*kírmis m[1][2]

  1. worm

Inflection

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Declension of *kírmis (i-stem, fixed accent)
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

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  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: cirmis
    • Lithuanian: kirmìs, kir̃mis
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *čьrmь (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Slavic: *čьrvь (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *kärmeh (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ 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-
  2. ^ 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-