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Where does “varmur” come from?

varmur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse varmr, from Proto-Germanic warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr.

varmur (Icelandic): warm

Definitions

  1. warm

Ancestry of “varmur”, step by step

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