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Where does “hearm” come from?

hearm (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic harm, from Proto-Germanic harmaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱormo- — suffering, pain.

hearm (Old English): harm

Definitions

  1. harm

Ancestry of “hearm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicharmpainful; pain, harm
2Proto-Germanicharmazpainful; sorrowful; doleful; harmful; malicious;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱormo-suffering, pain

Words derived from “hearm”

  • harm
  • harming
  • harmdoing
  • harmer
  • unharming
  • nonharm
  • harmeth
  • harmest
  • unharmable
  • harmable
  • self-harm
  • herm
  • harm
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