Where does “käärme” come from?
käärme (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic kärmeh, from Proto-Finnic kärmeš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.
käärme (Finnish): snake
Ancestry of “käärme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | kärmeh | snake |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kärmeš | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | kr̥mis | worm |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷŕ̥mis | worm |
Words derived from “käärme”