kurmis
Latvian
Etymology
Per Karulis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥mis [thus a doublet of Proto-Balto-Slavic *kirmis (“worm”), whence Lithuanian kirmis, Latvian ķirmis, cirmenis (“woodworm, grub”)]
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.
Noun
kurmis m (2nd declension)
- mole (animal)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kurmis | kurmji |
| genitive | kurmja | kurmju |
| dative | kurmim | kurmjiem |
| accusative | kurmi | kurmjus |
| instrumental | kurmi | kurmjiem |
| locative | kurmī | kurmjos |
| vocative | kurmi | kurmji |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kurmis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Etymology
Noun
kùrmis m (plural kùrmiai) stress pattern 1
- mole (animal)
Declension
| 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 |