Where does “urm” come from?
urm (Romanian) comes from Latin ornus, from Estonian õrn, from Finnish horna — hell.
urm (Romanian): flowering ash, manna ash
Ancestry of “urm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ornus | an ash tree; a lance made of the wood of an ash |
| 2 | Estonian | õrn | — |
| 3 | Finnish | horna | hell |