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	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^[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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