köken: From Latin germen (“seed; origin”), from Proto-Italic *genamen, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring, seed”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth, to beget”). Cognate with Irish giniúint (“procreation, birth”).
aile: germe di grano, germicida
I doni tuoi benefica ¶ Nutra la tua virtude; ¶ Siccome il sol che schiude ¶ Dal pigro germe il fior
Senz'affanni non germoglia ¶ Dell'onore il germe santo ¶ Seminai, Signor, nel pianto; ¶ Nella gioia mieterò.
[…] la Sibilla ¶ A dir riprese: Enea, germe del cielo, ¶ Lo scender ne l'Averno è cosa agevole; ¶ Chè notte e dì ne sta l'entrata aperta
köken: From Middle Dutch kieme, kyme. Although the word is found as Old Dutch kīmo, it was probably borrowed from Middle Low German kīme, from Old Saxon kīmo because it did not undergo the regular change of -ī- to -ij- (so that *kijm would be expected). Possible influence of Latin cyma is also possible. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kīmô.
aile: in de kiem smoren, kiemblad, kiemcel, kiemen, kiemlaag, kiemplant, ziektekiem
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 微菌, composed of 微 (“mini-”) and 菌 (“bacterium”). Possibly influenced by Chinese 微菌 (vi khuẩn, “bacteria”) and Chinese 細菌 /细菌 (tế khuẩn, “bacteria”).
köken: Cognate with Lao ເຊື້ອ (sư̄a), Northern Thai ᨩᩮᩬᩥ᩶ᩋ, Lü ᦵᦋᦲᧉ (tsoe²), Shan ၸိူဝ်ႉ (tsô̰e). See also เสื้อ (sʉ̂ʉa, “tutelar spirit”), which may be related.