Proto-Balto-Slavic
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis.
*kírmis m[1][2]
- worm
Inflection
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Declension of *kírmis (i-stem, fixed accent)
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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*kírmis
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*kírmīˀ
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*kírmejes
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Accusative
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*kírmin
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*kírmīˀ
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*kírmī(ˀ)ns
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Genitive
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*kírmeis
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*kírmejau
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*kírmejōn
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Locative
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*kírmēiˀ
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*kírmejau
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*kírmišu
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Dative
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*kírmei
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*kírmimā(ˀ)
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*kírmimas
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Instrumental
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*kírmīˀ (early forms)
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*kírmimāˀ
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*kírmimīˀs
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Vocative
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*kírmei
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*kírmīˀ
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*kírmejes
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Descendants
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- East Baltic:
- West Baltic:
- Proto-Slavic: *čь̃rvь or *čь̑rvь (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Finnic: *kärmeh (see there for further descendants)
References
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- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čьrvь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 93: “*kir-m/w-i-”
- ^ 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-”