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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *korim- / *kirim-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to wink 2 eyelash 3 inner side of eyelid
Russian meaning: 1 мигать 2 ресница 3 внутренняя сторона века
Evenki: korimi- 1, kirimkīn 2
Even: qorъ̣m- 1, kirimki 2
Negidal: kīmkī 2
Orok: qolpịqta 3
Solon: xurmult(e) 2
Comments: ТМС 1, 398, 415, 2, 352.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ki̯urumV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to wink
Russian meaning: мигать
Turkic: *kirm- / *Kɨrm-
Tungus-Manchu: *korim- / *kirim-
Comments: A Turk.-TM isogloss; cf. *kumi. Doerfer (MT 240) tries to refute the comparison (by deriving the Turk. forms from kirpi "hedgehog" and the TM forms from kiri- "to glitter") - quite unconvincingly.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *kirpik
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: eyelash
Russian meaning: ресница
Old Turkic: kirpik (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: kirpik (MK)
Turkish: kirpik
Tatar: kerfek
Middle Turkic: kirpik (Sangl., Pav. C.), kirpük (MA)
Uzbek: kiprik
Uighur: ki(r)pik
Sary-Yughur: kirmik
Azerbaidzhan: kirpik
Turkmen: kirpik
Khakassian: kǝrbǝk
Oyrat: kirbik
Halaj: kirpik
Chuvash: xъrbъx, xъrbъk, (dial.) xъrbu
Yakut: kirbäj, kirbī 'edge'
Tuva: kirbik
Kirghiz: kirpik
Kazakh: kǝrpǝk
Noghai: kirpik
Bashkir: kerpek
Gagauz: kirpik
Karaim: kirpik
Karakalpak: kirpik
Kumyk: kirpik
Comments: VEWT 272, EDT 737-738, ЭСТЯ 5, 74-75, Федотов 2, 333-334, Лексика 213. Cf. also the verb *Kɨrm- / *Kɨrp- 'to wink' (ЭСТЯ 6, 221). The front row variant here is probably secondary.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *kUrmV
Meaning: eye pus, tear
Indo-European: *gʷrem-
Altaic: *ki̯urumV
Kartvelian: *kremL-
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *gʷrem-
Meaning: watery (mud); eye-pus
Slavic: *grьmēdjь `глазной гной' (ЭССЯ 7:158-159 - невероятный анализ)
Baltic: *grim̂- (1) vb. intr.
Germanic: ? *kwramm-a- adj.
Latin: grāmiae pl. `Augenbutter', grammōsus [oculus] `Triefauge'
Russ. meaning: жидкий (о грязи); глазной гной
References: WP I 654
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *grim- (1) vb. intr. (Lett AC, 1/CIRC? ~ Lith CIRC)
Meaning: sink
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: gramzdìnti 'versenken', grimstù (prt. grimzdaũ) 'sinke' (ME I:655)
Lettish: grim̂t2, grim̃t (-stu, -mu) intr. `sinken, untergehen, zu Grunde gehen'; grèmdêt (-ẽju) fact. 'senken, versenken'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *kwramma-
Meaning: wet
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: kʷrammiɵa f. (ō) `moisture'
Old Norse: kramm-r `halbgeschmolzen, klumpig (von nassem Schnee)'
Norwegian: kram `nass (vom Schnee)'
Swedish: kram `nass (vom Schnee)'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 598
Root: grem-
English meaning: damp; to sink
German meaning: `feucht (sein), untertauchen, untersinken'
Material: Lat. grāmiae f. Pl. `Augenbutter', oculi grammōsi `Triefaugen';

    aisl. kramr `feucht, halbgetaut (vom Schnee)', vielleicht auch got. qrammiþa `Feuchtigkeit', wenn für *krammiþa;

    aksl. grьměždь `Augenbutter';

    baltoslav. Wurzelerweiterung gremd-:

    in lit. grimstù (*grimzdù), grimzdaũ, grim̃sti `unter-, versinken', gramzdė́ti ds., Kausat. gramzdinù, gramzdìnti `versenken', gramzdùs `tief einsinkend, versonnen', lett. grim̃stu, grim̃t `sinken', Kausat. grèmdêt `versenken';

    aksl. pogręznoti `im Wasser untersinken', ksl. gręza `Kot', russ. grjáznutь `im Kot versinken', grjazь `Kot, Schmutz', skr. grȅznuti `einsinken', poln. grzęznąć, grząznąć `untersinken'; Kausat. aksl. pogrǫžǫ, pogrǫziti `untersinken, untertauchen', russ. gruzítь `versenken, eintauchen, befrachten'.

References: WP. I 654 f., WH. I 617, Trautmann 97 f.
Pages: 405
PIE database: PIE database
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *kremL-
Russian meaning: слеза
English meaning: tear (n.)
Georgian: creml-
Megrel: čilamur-
Svan: kim- (pl. kǝmr-)
Laz: čilamre-, čelamre-, čalamure-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 199, EWK 464 (*ćleml-). ? Если это метатеза < *Lkrem-, то ср. ПИЕ *(d)laḱru(m)-.
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