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Where does “warm” come from?

warm (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch warm, from Middle Dutch warm, from Old Dutch warm, from Proto-West Germanic warm, from Proto-Germanic warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr.

warm (Afrikaans): warm

Definitions

  1. warm

Ancestry of “warm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwarmwarm, hot; 20 °C or more
2Middle Dutchwarmwarm, hot; warm, keeping the wearer warm; warm
3Old Dutchwarm—
4Proto-West Germanicwarmwarm
5Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr →