Where does “varmadæla” come from?
varmadæla (Icelandic) comes from Esperanto varmi, from Esperanto varma, 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.
varmadæla (Icelandic): heat pump
Definitions
- heat pump
Ancestry of “varmadæla”, step by step
varmadæla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto varmi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | varmi | to be warm, to be hot |
| 2 | Esperanto | varma | warm, hot |
| 3 | English | warm | Having a temperature slightly higher than usual,... |
| 4 | German | warm | warm; mildly hot; warm; keeping the wearer warm;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | warm | — |
| 6 | Old High German | warm | warm |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | warm | warm |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | warmaz | warm |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰer- | warm, hot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr | — |