Where does “Storm” come from?
Storm (Norwegian) comes from Danish Storm, from Old Danish storm, from Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer- — to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...
Ancestry of “Storm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Danish | Storm | — |
| 2 | Old Danish | storm | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | stormr | storm |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sturmaz | storm |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)twer- | to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn... |