Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kremy
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This Proto-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-SlavicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kremō; further etymology uncertain. Possibly from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Baltic cognates include Latvian krams, krems.
NounEdit
*kremy m[1]
InflectionEdit
Declension of *kremy (n-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kremy | *kremeni | *kremene |
| Accusative | *kremenь | *kremeni | *kremeni |
| Genitive | *kremene | *kremenu | *kremenъ |
| Locative | *kremene | *kremenu | *kremenьxъ |
| Dative | *kremeni | *kremenьma | *kremenьmъ |
| Instrumental | *kremenьmь | *kremenьma | *kremenьmi |
| Vocative | *kremy | *kremeni | *kremene |
Related termsEdit
- *kroma (“edge, slice”)
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further readingEdit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кре́мень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kremy”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246: “m. n ‘flint’”