Krumas
KRÙMAS
Etymology
Often, apparently, from *Krūmas (pronounced Krū́mas in Tirkšlii), cf. Latin Shrubs ¹. Perhaps in that case we could relate to Lieut. bush „į medį panašus augalas, kurio šakos eina nuo pat žemės“ (LKŽ VI 697), Latv. krũms „idem“ (LVV II 292). But cf. German Krum, Krumm ², Krummes: Hieronymus ³.
Feminine FORMS
Krumienė / Krumaitė
Pronunciation
/ˈkrʊmɐs/
SOURCES
1. LAG 19, 140, 282, etc..
2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 387.
3. ibid., 329.