Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “warm” come from?

warm (Middle High German) comes 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.

Ancestry of “warm”, step by step

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

Words derived from “warm”

  • וואַרעמקייט
  • וואַרעם
  • barm
  • wore
  • warm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr →