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Where does “warm” come from?

warm (German) comes 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.

warm (German): warm; mildly hot; warm; keeping the wearer warm;...

Definitions

  1. warm; mildly hot; warm; keeping the wearer warm;...

Ancestry of “warm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwarm—
2Old High Germanwarmwarm
3Proto-West Germanicwarmwarm
4Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr—

Words derived from “warm”

  • handwarm
  • Warmduscher
  • warmgemäßigt
  • lauwarm
  • malvarma
  • malvarmo
  • varma
  • varmega
  • varmiĝi
  • malvarmiĝi
  • malvarmeta
  • malvarmi
  • varmo
  • malvarmsangulo
  • malvarmigi
  • malvarmujo
  • varmeta
  • malvarmega
  • varmigi
  • varma
  • varmega
  • desvarmigar
  • varmeta
  • varmigar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr →