Where does “hemme” come from?

hemme (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Persian همه, from Middle Persian hmʾk' — all.

hemme (Norwegian Bokmål): to hamper, hinder, inhibit, check, arrest,...

Definitions

  1. to hamper, hinder, inhibit, check, arrest,...

Ancestry of “hemme”, step by step

hemme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian همه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهمهall; everyone; every
2Middle Persianhmʾk'all

via Low German hemmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanhemmen—

Words derived from “hemme”

Every word from Middle Persian hmʾk' →Every word from Persian همه →
hemme — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer