Where does “క్రిమి” come from?

క్రిమి (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit कृमि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kŕ̥miṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

క్రిమి (Telugu): An insect, a worm, an animalcule

Definitions

  1. An insect, a worm, an animalcule

Ancestry of “క్రిమి”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकृमिa worm, insect; "a spider"; a silk-worm
2Proto-Indo-Aryankŕ̥miṣ—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankŕ̥mišworm
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kŕ̥miṣ →