Where does “क़िरमिज़” come from?

क़िरमिज़ (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian قرمز, from Arabic قِرْمِز, from Persian کرمست, from Sanskrit कृमिज, from Sanskrit कृमि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kŕ̥miṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

क़िरमिज़ (Hindi): kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the Kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)

Definitions

  1. kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the Kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)

Ancestry of “क़िरमिज़”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianقرمز
2Arabicقِرْمِزcrimson, kermes; kermes
3Persianکرمست
4Sanskritकृमिजproduced by worms
5Sanskritकृमिa worm, insect; "a spider"; a silk-worm
6Proto-Indo-Aryankŕ̥miṣ
7Proto-Indo-Iraniankŕ̥mišworm
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥misEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥mišEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kŕ̥miṣ