In this episode we are investigating words for beer and related things. In Proto-Celtic beer was kormi or kurman, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European kremH- (to burn), or from ḱr̥h₃-m- (porridge, soup), or from *ḱh₁erh₂- (to mix) [source]. Descendants in the Celtic languages include: coirm [kɞɾʲəmʲ] = ale, drinking-party, feast, banquet in Irish cuirm [kurʲum] […]