- Proto-Hind-Ewropaki ra *kwrmi- ("kerm")
- Proto-Aryaki ra *krmi ("kerm")
- Avarki: kerema- ("kerm")
- Pehlewki: karm ("kerm, mar")
- Soğdki: kyrm ("mar")
- Partki: krm ("comet")
- Farski: kirm ("kerm"), kirmiz ("sûr") (< Sanskritki)
- Kurmancki: kurm yan zi kirm ("kerm")
- Osetki: kalm ("kerm, mar")
- Belaruski: kirm ("kerm") (< Farski ?) ...
- (Zazaki: kārm) Alfabeyê Ariki
- Sanskritki: krmi ("kerm"), krmija ("sûr")
- Çıme: Horn p.190, Watkins p.46, Etymonline| Pokorny: 649
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