Where does “Gormur” come from?

Gormur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse Gormr, from Proto-Germanic gurmaz, from Albanian kurm, from Proto-Albanian kurpna, from Proto-Indo-European ḱrep- — body.

Gormur (Icelandic): mud, sludge

Definitions

  1. mud, sludge

Ancestry of “Gormur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseGormr—
2Proto-Germanicgurmaz—
3Albaniankurmtorso, trunk of body
4Proto-Albaniankurpna—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱrep-body

Words derived from “Gormur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱrep- →Every word from Proto-Albanian kurpna →Every word from Albanian kurm →