Where does “gurmaz” come from?
gurmaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Albanian kurm, from Proto-Albanian kurpna, from Proto-Indo-European ḱrep-.
Ancestry of “gurmaz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | kurm | body , torso; back; tree trunk |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | kurpna | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱrep- | — |