Where does “storm” come from?

storm (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch storm, from Middle Dutch storm, from Old Dutch storm, from Proto-West Germanic *sturm, from Proto-Germanic sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer- — to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...

storm (Afrikaans): storm

Definitions

  1. storm

Ancestry of “storm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstormstorm; a wind scale for very strong wind,...
2Middle Dutchstormstorm, violent weather; storm, heavy wind; storm,...
3Old Dutchstorm—
4Proto-West Germanic*sturmstorm
5Proto-Germanicsturmazstorm
6Proto-Indo-European(s)twer-to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sturmaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sturm →
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