A similar word for "onion" and "garlic" is found in Proto-West Germanic *hramusō (“onion, garlic”), Proto-Slavic *čermъša (“ramson”) and Middle Irish crim (“garlic”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *kermus- (“wild garlic”). The e-vowel of Celtic and Balto-Slavic is also found in the placename Κρεμμυών (Kremmuṓn).
κρόμμῠον • (krómmŭon) n (genitive κρομμῠ́ου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ κρόμμῠον tò krómmŭon |
τὼ κρομμῠ́ω tṑ krommŭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κρόμμῠᾰ tằ krómmŭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κρομμῠ́ου toû krommŭ́ou |
τοῖν κρομμῠ́οιν toîn krommŭ́oin |
τῶν κρομμῠ́ων tôn krommŭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κρομμῠ́ῳ tôi krommŭ́ōi |
τοῖν κρομμῠ́οιν toîn krommŭ́oin |
τοῖς κρομμῠ́οις toîs krommŭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κρόμμῠον tò krómmŭon |
τὼ κρομμῠ́ω tṑ krommŭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κρόμμῠᾰ tằ krómmŭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρόμμῠον krómmŭon |
κρομμῠ́ω krommŭ́ō |
κρόμμῠᾰ krómmŭă | ||||||||||
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