kaimas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *káimas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (village, home), whence also Latvian ciems, Proto-Germanic *haimaz (village), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims, village), English home, ham (obsolete except in village names). Compare šeima, kiẽmas.[1]

Noun

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káimas m (plural káimai) stress pattern 1

  1. village
  2. countryside

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kaimas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 217