celms

See also: Celms

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kelH-m- (“stump”), a depalatalization of *ḱélh₂-m(on)-; cognate with Lithuanian kélmas (“stub, shrub, beehive”), Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle; helm, tiller”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

celms m (1st declension)

  1. stub
  2. stump
  3. (grammar) stem

Declension

Declension of celms (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative celms celmi
genitive celma celmu
dative celmam celmiem
accusative celmu celmus
instrumental celmu celmiem
locative celmā celmos
vocative celm celmi

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kelmas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 235-6
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