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Where does “storme” come from?

storme (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål storm, from Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer- — to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...

storme (Norwegian Bokmål): to storm

Definitions

  1. to storm

Ancestry of “storme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålstorma storm; imperative of storme
2Old Norsestormrstorm
3Proto-Germanicsturmazstorm
4Proto-Indo-European(s)twer-to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...
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