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Where does “bismer” come from?

bismer (Middle Low German) comes from Old East Slavic безмѣнъ, from Arabic وَزْنَة, from Arabic وَزْن — weight.

Ancestry of “bismer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicбезмѣнъ—
2Arabicوَزْنَة—
3Arabicوَزْنweight

Words derived from “bismer”

  • bismeri
Every word from Arabic وَزْن →