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Where does “warm” come from?

warm (Dutch) comes 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 (Dutch): warm, hot; 20 °C or more

Definitions

  1. warm, hot; 20 °C or more

Ancestry of “warm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwarmwarm, hot; warm, keeping the wearer warm; warm
2Old Dutchwarm—
3Proto-West Germanicwarmwarm
4Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr—

Words derived from “warm”

  • warmwaterkruik
  • warm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr →