Where does “قرمزي” come from?

قرمزي (Moroccan Arabic) comes from Arabic قِرْمِزِيّ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

قرمزي (Moroccan Arabic): scarlet colour

Definitions

  1. scarlet colour

Ancestry of “قرمزي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقِرْمِزِيّ—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniankŕ̥mišworm
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš →Every word from Arabic قِرْمِزِيّ →