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širmas

širmas

See also: sirmas and sirmās

Lithuanian

Adjective

širmas m

  1. grey

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root *ḱēy(w)-, *ḱyē(w)- (grey, dark), with a Baltic extension *-m-. Compare Latvian sirms (gray).
The closest cognate is Proto-Slavic *śěrъ, further cognates are Old Irish cīar (dark) and Proto-Germanic *hairaz (grey).