Where does “harmer” come from?

harmer (English) comes from English harm, from Middle English harm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic harm, from Proto-Germanic harmaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱormo- — suffering, pain.

harmer (English): One who harms

Definitions

  1. One who harms

Ancestry of “harmer”, step by step

harmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English harm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishharmphysical injury; hurt; damage; emotional or...
2Middle Englishharmharm, injury, ruination
3Old Englishhearmharm
4Proto-West Germanicharmpainful; pain, harm
5Proto-Germanicharmazpainful; sorrowful; doleful; harmful; malicious;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱormo-suffering, pain

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

Words derived from “harmer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱormo-