girmis

See also: girmiş

Old Prussian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kírmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis. Cognate with Lithuanian kirmis (“worm”), Latvian cirmenis and Proto-Slavic *čьrvь (“worm”).

Noun

girmis m

  1. maggot

References

  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “girmis”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
  • G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “girmis”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 48
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