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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavickurmas
2Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-mo-s
3Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “kurms

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-mo-s