Where does “armboug” come from?

armboug (Old High German) comes from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic arm, from Proto-Germanic armaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

armboug (Old High German): bracelet

Definitions

  1. bracelet

Ancestry of “armboug”, step by step

armboug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German arm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanarmarm; poor, miserable
2Proto-West Germanicarmarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
3Proto-Germanicarmazarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ermos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Old High German boug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbougring
2Proto-Germanicbaugaza bend; bow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos →Every word from Proto-Germanic armaz →
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