Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kremy

This Proto-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-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]

flint

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:
- Old East Slavic: кремень (kremenĭ)
  - Belarusian: крэ́мень (krémjenʹ)
  - Russian: креме́нь (kreménʹ)
  - Ukrainian: кре́мінь (kréminʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: кремы (kremy)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰽⱃⰵⰿⱏⰺ (kremy)
- Bulgarian: кремък (kremǎk)
- Macedonian: кремен (kremen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кре̏ме̄н
  
  Latin script: krȅmēn
- Slovene: kremen
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: křemen
  - Czech: křemen (“quartz”)
- Kashubian: krzem
- Polabian: kremin
- Polish: krzemień
- Slovak: kremeň (“quartz”)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: křemjeń
  - Lower Sorbian: kśemjeń

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’”

[1] 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’”

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