PIE*kemから、押し込む、圧縮する、派生的にフリル、クリンプ。
If tei wer te first tat schuld puplysch tese grete myracles of her mayster, men myth sey of hem, as Crist ded of te Pharisees, tat tei magnified her owne hemmys. [John Capgrave, "Life of Saint Gilbert of Sempringham," 1451]