Where does “نەرم” come from?

نەرم (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian *namráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian namrás, from Proto-Indo-European nm̥rós.

نەرم (Central Kurdish): soft

Definitions

  1. soft

Ancestry of “نەرم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*namráh—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniannamrássubmissive, humble
3Proto-Indo-Europeannm̥rós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nm̥rós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian namrás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *namráh →