Per Karulis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥mis
Karulis also mentions ķirmis and the e-grade cērme (“roundworm, parasitic nematode”) as cognates, he also points to Finnish kurmu (“deer gadfly larva”) which could be a borrowing from Baltic.[1] In Sanskrit, krmi (कृमि) means worm.
Derksen does not give a conclusive etymology.
kurmis m (2nd declension)
kùrmis m (plural kùrmiai) stress pattern 1
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (vardininkas) | kùrmis | kùrmiai |
genitive (kilmininkas) | kùrmio | kùrmių |
dative (naudininkas) | kùrmiui | kùrmiams |
accusative (galininkas) | kùrmį | kùrmius |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | kùrmiu | kùrmiais |
locative (vietininkas) | kùrmyje | kùrmiuose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | kùrmi | kùrmiai |