Where does “kırmızımsı” come from?
kırmızımsı (Turkish) comes from Turkish kırmızı, 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 — worm.
kırmızımsı (Turkish): reddish
Definitions
- reddish
Ancestry of “kırmızımsı”, step by step
kırmızımsı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish kırmızı
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kırmızı | red |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قرمزی | red |
| 3 | Persian | قِرْمِز | — |
| 4 | Persian | کرمست | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कृमिज | produced by worms |
| 6 | Sanskrit | कृमि | a worm, insect; "a spider"; a silk-worm |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kŕ̥miṣ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kŕ̥miš | worm |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷŕ̥mis | worm |
via Turkish imsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | imsi | — |