Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kremy
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Possibly from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Baltic cognates include Latvian krams, krems.
Noun
*kremy m[1]
Inflection
Declension of *kremy (n-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *kremy | *kremeni | *kremene |
genitive | *kremene | *kremenu | *kremenъ |
dative | *kremeni | *kremenьma | *kremenьmъ |
accusative | *kremenь | *kremeni | *kremeni |
instrumental | *kremenьmь | *kremenьma | *kremenьmi |
locative | *kremene | *kremenu | *kremenьxъ |
vocative | *kremy | *kremeni | *kremene |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кре́мень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kremy”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 246: “m. n ‘flint’”