caymis

Old Prussian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káimas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos. Cognate with Lithuanian kaimas and Latvian ciems

Noun

caymis

1. village

References

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997), “caymis”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological Dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
• G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873), “caymis”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 61