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Etymology is uncertain. Perhaps a Turkic or Semitic borrowing: compare Classical Syriacܟܘܡܪܐ(kūmrāʾ, “priest”) and Old Armenian քուրմ(kʻurm, “priest”). Has also been connected to Ossetian гуымиры(g°ymiry, “giant”) and Georgian გმირი(gmiri, “hero”) and together with them derived from the name of Cimmerians.
^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коумиръ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
