Where does “კრემისფერი” come from?
კრემისფერი (Georgian) comes from Georgian კრემი, from Russian крем, from French crème, from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
კრემისფერი (Georgian): cream-colored, yellowish-white
Definitions
- cream-colored, yellowish-white
Ancestry of “კრემისფერი”, step by step
კრემისფერი traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Georgian კრემი
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgian | კრემი | cream |
| 2 | Russian | крем | cream, creme |
| 3 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 4 | Middle French | chresme | cream (milk product) |
| 5 | Old French | cresme | cream |
| 6 | Late Latin | crama | skim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative... |
| 7 | Late Latin | chrisma | ointment |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρῖσμα | anointing, unction; wall coating, plaster |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |
via Georgian ფერი
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgian | ფერი | color, hue; look-alike |
| 2 | Turkish | peri | fairy, pixie |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | fairy |
| 4 | Persian | پری | sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian... |
| 5 | Persian | پر | full; feather; wing |
| 6 | Middle Persian | purr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |