Where does “verwarmen” come from?
verwarmen (Dutch) 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.
verwarmen (Dutch): to heat, warm
Definitions
- to heat, warm
Ancestry of “verwarmen”, step by step
verwarmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch warm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | warm | warm, hot; 20 °C or more |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | warm | warm, hot; warm, keeping the wearer warm; warm |
| 3 | Old Dutch | warm | warm |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | warm | warm |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | warmaz | warm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰer- | warm, hot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr | — |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |