Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand. · The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow. · A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal. · The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos Proto-Germanic *armaz Proto-West Germanic *arm Old English earm Middle English arm English arm From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (Anglian arm), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint; arm, forequarter”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Cognates Akin to Dutch arm, German Arm, Yiddish אָרעם (orem), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish arm. Indo-European cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Bulgarian рамо (ramo), Polish ramię, Serbo-Croatian rȁme, Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*h₂er-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionarmenm
- Inherited-form mentionearmang
- Inherited-form mention*armgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*armazgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*h₂r̥mósine-pro
- Cognate mentionarmnl
- Cognate mentionArmde
- Cognate mentionאָרעםyi
- Cognate mentionarmusla
- Cognate mentionрамоbg
- Cognate mentionramiępl
- Cognate mentionrȁmesh
- Cognate mentionարմունկhy
- Cognate mentionἁρμόςgrc
- Cognate mention𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀ae
This page abbreviates 8 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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