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Where does “verma” come from?

verma (Faroese) comes from Old Norse verma, from Proto-Germanic warmijaną, from Proto-Germanic warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr.

verma (Faroese): to warm, to warm up; to breed; to delight

Definitions

  1. to warm, to warm up; to breed; to delight

Ancestry of “verma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevermato warm
2Proto-Germanicwarmijanąto warm, to heat
3Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr →