kelmas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kelH-m- (“stump”), a depalatalization of *ḱélh₂-m(on)-; cognate with Latvian celms (“stub, stump”), Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle; helm, tiller”).[1]

Noun

kélmas m (plural kelmaĩ) stress pattern 3

  1. stub, stump
  2. shrub
  3. beehive

Declension

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “kelmas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 235-6
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