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Introduced by Atis Kronvalds as a learned borrowing from Old Prussian kērmens (“flesh, body”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)[1] (see also Proto-Slavic *kora 'bark') to replace the Germanism ķerpers (compare German Körper) used by many other Latvian authors. Kronvalds introduced the word as ķermens; the current form only appeared and became popular in the 20th century.[2]
ķermenis m (2nd declension)
- (physics) body (physical object, material entity)
- liels, smags ķermenis ― large, heavy body
- cieti, šķidri, gāzveida ķermeņi ― solid, liquid, gaseous bodies
- ķermeņa forma ― body shape
- debess ķermeņi ― heavenly bodies
- (anatomy) body (of a living being), organism
- spēcīgs, slaids ķermenis ― a strong, slender body
- ķermeņa daļas ― parts of the body
- ķermeņa garums, lielums ― body length, size
- ķermeņa temperatūra ― body temperature
- (mathematics) part of space bound by a closed surface
- sfērisks ķermenis ― geometric body
- ģeometrisks ķermenis ― spherical body
- the main part of something
- mēles ķermenis ― body of the tongue
- ķermeņa piedevas ― body appendages (e.g., wing)
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-47”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-47
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ķermenis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
