Cognate Set 9774 – Meaning: red
- IE-CoR reference form:
- *kʷr̥mi-
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Proto-Indo-European
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Justification:
- Lexemes in the meaning 'red' derived from IE *kʷr̥mi- 'snake, worm' adopted from the use of insects to produce red dye. For Sogdian kyrm- 'snake, worm' > qyrmyr, cf. EWAia I:394-395. Probable late parallel replacement/shift with Slavic cognate set 1163. See 'worm' in cognate set 172 for further etymological discussion.
- Found in clades:
- Iranic
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
|
Language |
Lexeme |
Native script |
Phonetic |
Phonemic |
Notes |
| 48 |
Sogdian
|
kermīr |
qyrmyr |
|
kermiːr |
Yoshida gives karmīr, since here the first vowel is indicated by , I assume a palatal version of /a/ |
- References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred: I:394-395
S.v. Ved. kŕ̥mi- 'Wurm, Made' (IIr. cf. Manichaean Sogd. kyrm- 'Schlange', MPers. klm (kirm) 'Wurm, Drache, Schlange', NPers. kirm 'Wurm, Schlange'), from PIE *kʷr̥mi- (cf. OIr. cruim, W., Bret. pryf 'Wurm', Lith. kirmìs 'Wurm, Schlange', Sloven. čr̂m 'Fingerwurm, Karbunkel', etc.). Beside *kʷr̥mi- exists "a rhyme formation in Indo-European probably for reason of tabu" *u̯r̥mi- (NHG Wurm, cf. Lat. vermis), (so Watkins 1987:288).
- Trubačev, O. N.: 4: 149-150, 169-173
PS *čĭrv(j)enŭ is an early adjectivised and lexicalised past passive participle of *čĭrviti, a verbal derivation from *čĭrvĭ 'grub, worm, maggot' (cf. the ancient technology of the red pigment). PS *čĭrvĭ (and a more archaic form *čĭrmĭ) is related to Lithuanian kirmìs and Old Indic kṛmi-ḥ-. PIE *kʷr̥mi-.
