caymis

Old Prussian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káimas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos. Cognate with Lithuanian kaimas and Latvian ciems

Noun

caymis

  1. village

References

  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “caymis”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
  • G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “caymis”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 61
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