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Where does “قِرْمِزِيّ” come from?

قِرْمِزِيّ (Arabic) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

Ancestry of “قِرْمِزِيّ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniankŕ̥mišworm
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm
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