Where does “Oarm” come from?

Oarm (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German arm, from Old Saxon 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.

Oarm (Plautdietsch): arm (body part)

Definitions

  1. arm (body part)

Ancestry of “Oarm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanarmpoor
2Old Saxonarmarm; miserable, poor
3Proto-West Germanicarmarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
4Proto-Germanicarmazarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ermos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “Oarm

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermosEvery word from Proto-Germanic armaz
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