kʷr̥ mi-

    kʷr̥ mi-

    English meaning: worm, grub

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Wurm, Made”

    Material: O.Ind. kŕ̥mi- “worm, Made”; Pers. kirm “worm”; Alb. krimp (krim-bi), Gheg krũm ds.; O.Ir. cruim “worm”, urIr. kʷrimi-, Welsh pryf, Corn. ds. “worm”, Bret. préñv ds.; Gaul. FlN *Primia > Ger. Pfrimm, Primantia > Ger. Prims; O.Pruss. girmis (leg. kirmis) “Made”; Lith. kirmìs m. f. etc. ds., Ltv. cirmins m. ds., Ltv. cḕ rme f. ‘spulwurm” Mũhlenbach-Endzelin I 378 under 386; Sloven. čr̂ m “Karbunkel, Fingerwurm”, Pol. czerń (for *czerḿ? compare Ser.-Cr. cr̂n “robigo” for *cr̂m?) “Wũrmer in faulenden Fleisch”, czermień ‘schlangenkraut”, czermiówka “Natternkraut”; in addition adj.-formation sl. *čьrmьnъ “red”, O.Bulg. črъmьnъ “red”, črъmьnovati sę “feuerrot become” etc.; die e-lengthened grade seems in Ltv. cèrme f. “Regenwurm”, cer̂me “worm” vorzuliegen; besides sl.*čьrmь findet sich *čьrvь with eigenartigem vi-suffix: O.Bulg. črъvь “worm”, Russ. červь etc.; compare Lith. *skirvis “Ameise”?

    References: WP. I 523, Trautmann 134, Specht KZ. 65, 212 f., IE Decl. 45, 181.