Where does “warmline” come from?

warmline (English) comes from English warm, from German warm, from Middle High German warm, from Old High German 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.

warmline (English): A telephone line that provides assistance for...

Definitions

  1. A telephone line that provides assistance for...

Ancestry of “warmline”, step by step

warmline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English warm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwarmHaving a temperature slightly higher than usual,...
2Germanwarmwarm; mildly hot; warm; keeping the wearer warm;...
3Middle High Germanwarm
4Old High Germanwarmwarm
5Proto-West Germanicwarmwarm
6Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr

via English line

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlineA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight
2Middle Englishlinerope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,...
3Old Englishlīneline, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,...
4Proto-West Germanic*līnāline, chord, rope, string
5Proto-Germaniclīnǭthat which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,...
6Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr