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

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “käärme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickärmehsnake
2Proto-Finnickärmeš—
3Proto-Balto-Slavickr̥misworm
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

Words derived from “käärme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärmeš →