Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “ljumka” come from?

ljumka (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hlēwanōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱal(w)e-.

Ancestry of “ljumka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichlēwanōnąto make warm
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱal(w)e-—

Words derived from “ljumka”

  • lunken
  • ljunken
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱal(w)e- →