Where does “storm” come from?
storm (Danish) comes from Danish storme, from Danish Storm, from Old Danish storm, from Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer- — to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...
storm (Danish): storm; imperative of storme
Definitions
- storm; imperative of storme
Ancestry of “storm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Danish | storme | to assault |
| 2 | Danish | Storm | — |
| 3 | Old Danish | storm | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | stormr | storm |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sturmaz | storm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)twer- | to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn... |
Words derived from “storm”