storm
Middle English
/ˈstɔrm/
noun
Definitions
- A storm; an instance of intense wind and precipitation including a snowstorm
- An armed dispute, brawl or fight; an instance of combativeness.
- (rare) Any intense event, happening, or force.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English storm (disquiet, uproar, violent attack, tumult, onrush, tempest, a storm of arrows, attack, rush, a storm, disturbance) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (storm).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sturmaz
Gloss
storm
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
嵐
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barnstorm English
- bestorm English
- blamestorm English
- blatherstorm English
- brainstorm English
- buzzstorm English
- crapstorm English
- duststorm English
- earthstorm English
- firestorm English
- fish storm English
- hail storm English
- hailstorm English
- icestorm English
- mailstorm English
- megastorm English
- midstorm English
- outstorm English
- poststorm English
- prestorm English
- rainstorm English
- sandstorm English
- seastorm English
- shitstorm English
- silver storm English
- snowstorm English
- storm English
- storm tide English
- storm-ridden English
- stormable English
- stormbound English
- stormcloud English
- stormcock English
- stormer English
- stormest English
- stormeth English
- stormfinch English
- stormflow English
- stormfront English
- stormful English
- stormglass English
- stormhouse English
- stormless English
- stormlike English
- stormpath English
- stormproof English
- stormtossed English
- stormtost English
- stormtrack English
- stormwater English
- stormwind English
- stormworthy English
- stormy English
- substorm English
- superstorm English
- thunderstorm English
- tweetstorm English
- windstorm English
- winter storm English
- Sturm German
- *(s)twer- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- Proto-Indo-European
- *twerH-, *(s)twerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *sturmaz Proto-Germanic
- storm Old English
- stormiġ Old English
- stormy Middle English
- stoirm Irish
- stormr Old Norse
- sturm Old High German
- stoirm Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *storm Old Dutch
- *storm Old Frisian