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Where does “storm” come from?

storm (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sturm, from Proto-Germanic sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer- — to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...

Ancestry of “storm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sturm—
2Proto-Germanicsturmazstorm
3Proto-Indo-European(s)twer-to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...

Words derived from “storm”

  • stoarm
  • Stoarm
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