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-.
Ancestry of “Gormur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | Gormr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gurmaz | — |
| 3 | Albanian | kurm | body , torso; back; tree trunk |
| 4 | Proto-Albanian | kurpna | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱrep- | — |