Where does “kırmızı” come from?

kırmızı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قرمزی, from Persian قِرْمِز, from Persian کرمست, from Sanskrit कृमिज, from Sanskrit कृमि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kŕ̥miṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

kırmızı (Turkish): red

Definitions

  1. red

Ancestry of “kırmızı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقرمزیred
2Persianقِرْمِز—
3Persianکرمست—
4Sanskritकृमिजproduced by worms
5Sanskritकृमिa worm, insect; "a spider"; a silk-worm
6Proto-Indo-Aryankŕ̥miṣ—
7Proto-Indo-Iraniankŕ̥mišworm
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

Words derived from “kırmızı”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kŕ̥miṣ →