wearm

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ƿearm

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warmaz (compare Old Frisian warm (West Frisian waarm), Old Saxon warm (Low German warm), Dutch warm, Old High German warm (German warm), Old Norse varmr (Danish and Swedish varm), Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (*warms)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (warm, hot), *gʷhormo- (whence Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Latin formus), or alternatively from *wer- (to burn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wæɑ̯rm/, [wæɑ̯rˠm]

Adjective

wearm

  1. warm

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