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Where does “ærme” come from?

ærme (Danish) comes from Old Norse ermr, from Proto-Germanic armijō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erm-i(e)h₂-.

ærme (Danish): sleeve

Definitions

  1. sleeve

Ancestry of “ærme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseermrsleeve
2Proto-Germanicarmijō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erm-i(e)h₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂erm-i(e)h₂- →