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Where does “gorm” come from?

gorm (Cornish) comes from Proto-Brythonic gurm, from Proto-Celtic gurmos — dun, dark, blue.

gorm (Cornish): dark brown

Definitions

  1. dark brown

Ancestry of “gorm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicgurmdun, dark, blue
2Proto-Celticgurmosdun, dark, blue
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