Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kremy
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kremō; further etymology uncertain. Possibly from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Baltic cognates include Latvian krams, krems.
Noun
*kremy m[1]
Inflection
Declension of *kremy (n-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kremy | *kremeni | *kremene |
| genitive | *kremene | *kremenu | *kremenъ |
| dative | *kremeni | *kremenьma | *kremenьmъ |
| accusative | *kremenь | *kremeni | *kremeni |
| instrumental | *kremenьmь | *kremenьma | *kremenьmi |
| locative | *kremene | *kremenu | *kremenьxъ |
| vocative | *kremy | *kremeni | *kremene |
Related terms
- *kroma (“edge, slice”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кре́мень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ 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’”