kurmis

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Latvian

kurmis

Etymology

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. In Sanskrit, krmi (कृमि) means worm.

Derksen does not give a conclusive etymology.

Noun

kurmis m (2nd declension)

  1. mole (animal)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kurmis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

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Etymology

Cognate with Latvian kur̃mis.

Noun

kùrmis m (plural kùrmiai) stress pattern 1

  1. mole (animal)

Declension