Where does “kurms” come from?
kurms (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic kurmas, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-mo-s, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
Ancestry of “kurms”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | kurmas | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-mo-s | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “kurms”