Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kírmis

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

Etymology

    PIE word
    *kʷŕ̥mis

    From Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis.[1][2]

    Noun

    *kírmis m[1][2]

    1. worm

    Inflection

    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

    • East Baltic:
      • Latvian: cirmis
      • Lithuanian: kirmi̇̀s, 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

    1. 1.0 1.1 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. 2.0 2.1 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-