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