Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kremy

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Possibly from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Baltic cognates include Latvian krams, krems.

Noun

*kremy m [1]

flint

Inflection

Declension of *kremy (n-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kremy	*kremeni	*kremene
Accusative	*kremenь	*kremeni	*kremeni
Genitive	*kremene	*kremenu	*kremenъ
Locative	*kremene	*kremenu	*kremenьxъ
Dative	*kremeni	*kremenьma	*kremenьmъ
Instrumental	*kremenьmь	*kremenьma	*kremenьmi
Vocative	*kremy	*kremeni	*kremene

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: крэ́мень (krémjenʹ)
- Russian: креме́нь (kreménʹ)
- Ukrainian: кре́мінь (kréminʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: кремы (kremy)
- Bulgarian: кремък (kremǎk)
- Macedonian: кремен (kremen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: кре̏ме̄н
  
  Latin: krȅmēn
- Slovene: kremen
West Slavic:
- Czech: křemen
- Polabian: krėmėn
- Polish: krzemień
- Slovak: kremeň
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: křemjeń
  - Lower Sorbian: kśemjeń

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kremy”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246: “m. n ‘flint’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kremy”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 246: “m. n ‘flint’”