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

Declension of kurmis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	kurmis	kurmji
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kurmi	kurmjus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kurmja	kurmju
dative (datīvs)	kurmim	kurmjiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kurmi	kurmjiem
locative (lokatīvs)	kurmī	kurmjos
vocative (vokatīvs)	kurmi	kurmji

References

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

Lithuanian

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Etymology

Cognate with Latvian kur̃mis.

Noun

kùrmis m (plural kùrmiai) stress pattern 1

mole (animal)

Declension

Declension of kùrmis

	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

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

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