kirvis

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Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Latvian cìrvis, possibly dialectal Russian черв (červ, sickle), черва́к (červák, saw).[1][2] Derksen reconstructs Proto-Balto-Slavic *kirw(i)os, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut), cf. skìrti, kir̃pti. Compare also Estonian kirves (axe).

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Noun[edit]

kir̃vis m (plural kir̃viai) stress pattern 2

  1. (tool) axe[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kirvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248
  2. ^ kir̃vis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 573 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. ^ “kirvis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN