wearm

Old English

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): /wæɑrm/

Adjective

wearm

warm

Descendants

Middle English: warm, warme, werm, wearm
- Scots: wairm
- English: warm

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