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Where does “crankarm” come from?

crankarm (English) comes from English Arm, from Middle English arm, from Old English earm, from Proto-West Germanic arm, from Proto-Germanic armaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

crankarm (English): Alternative spelling of crank arm

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of crank arm

Ancestry of “crankarm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishArmAbbreviation of Armenian
2Middle Englisharmarm; poor; miserable, wretched
3Old Englishearmarm; poor, miserable
4Proto-West Germanicarmarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
5Proto-Germanicarmazarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ermos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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