Where does “sirmmatis” come from?
sirmmatis (Latvian) comes from Latvian sirms, from Proto-Baltic śirˀmas, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
sirmmatis (Latvian): gray-haired man
Ancestry of “sirmmatis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | sirms | gray; gray, gray-haired; gray, grayish white |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | śirˀmas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥-m-os | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |