arm
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- arm
Etymology
Inherited from Old English earm (poor, arm, wretched, pitiful, miserable) inherited from *arm (poor) inherited from Proto-Germanic *armaz (arm, poor, pitiful, pitiable, miserable) derived from Proto-Indo-European *arəm- (arm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*arəm-
Gloss
arm
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
腕
Emoji
🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftarm English
- arm English
- arm-twisting English
- arm-wrestle English
- armable English
- armband English
- armbar English
- armbinder English
- armbone English
- armbrace English
- armchair English
- armed English
- armest English
- armeth English
- armful English
- armgaunt English
- armguard English
- armhole English
- armhook English
- armlength English
- armless English
- armlet English
- armlike English
- armload English
- armlock English
- armlong English
- armpiece English
- armpit English
- armrack English
- armrest English
- armring English
- armscye English
- armshield English
- armstand English
- armth English
- armwear English
- counterarm English
- crankarm English
- crossarm English
- dearm English
- enarm English
- firearm English
- forearm English
- interarm English
- longarm English
- midarm English
- multiarm English
- outarm English
- overarm English
- prearm English
- rearm English
- roundarm English
- sidearm English
- strong-arm English
- swingarm English
- tonearm English
- unarm English
- underarm English
- yardarm English
- Arm German
- arm German
- *arəm- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂(e)rmos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂er-mo- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂er-mos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erH- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ermos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂r̥mós, *h₂(e)rmos Proto-Indo-European
- *armaz Proto-Germanic
- arm Old English
- earm Old English
- earmcearig Old English
- earmheort Old English
- iermþ Old English
- armr Old Norse
- arm Old High German
- 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- *arm gmw-pro
- arm Old Dutch
- *armas Proto-Finnic
- *armo Proto-Finnic
- arm Old Saxon
- arm Scots
- erm Old Frisian
- aa'm Gullah