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
Ancestry of “hearm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | harm | painful; pain, harm |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | harmaz | painful; sorrowful; doleful; harmful; malicious;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱormo- | suffering, pain |
Words derived from “hearm”