Where does “gorm” come from?

gorm (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish gorm, from Proto-Celtic gurmos — dun, dark, blue.

gorm (Scottish Gaelic): blue; Of blue-green to verdant colour, when...

Definitions

  1. blue; Of blue-green to verdant colour, when...

Ancestry of “gorm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishgormblue
2Proto-Celticgurmosdun, dark, blue

Words derived from “gorm

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