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.

Noun

*kírmis m^[1]^[2]

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
  - ⇒ Latvian: cirmenis
- Lithuanian: kirmìs, kir̃mis
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: girmis
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

^ 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-”
^ 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-”

[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] 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-”

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