celms

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Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kelH-m- (“stump”), a depalatalization of *ḱélh₂-m(on)-; cognate with Lithuanian kélmas (“stub, shrub, beehive”), Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle; helm, tiller”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

celms m (1st declension)

  1. stub
  2. stump
  3. (grammar) stem

Declension

Declension of celms (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) celms celmi
accusative (akuzatīvs) celmu celmus
genitive (ģenitīvs) celma celmu
dative (datīvs) celmam celmiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) celmu celmiem
locative (lokatīvs) celmā celmos
vocative (vokatīvs) celm celmi

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kelmas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 235-6
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