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Where does “warm” come from?

warm (Alemannic German) comes from Middle High German warm, from Old High German 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 (Alemannic German): warm

Definitions

  1. warm

Ancestry of “warm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwarm—
2Old High Germanwarmwarm
3Proto-West Germanicwarmwarm
4Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr →