earm

• arm — Anglian

• IPA^(key): /æ͜ɑrm/, [æ͜ɑrˠm]

From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mos (“joint”).

Cognate with Old Frisian arm, Old Saxon arm, Dutch arm, Old High German arm (German Arm), Old Norse armr (Swedish arm), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (arms). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic рамо (ramo) (Bulgarian ра́мо (rámo, “shoulder”)), Latin armus.

earm m

1. arm

• earmsċanca

• Middle English: arm
  • English: arm
  • Scots: airm
  • Yola: arrm

From Proto-Germanic *armaz, further etymology uncertain.

Cognate with Old Frisian erm, Old Saxon arm, Dutch arm, Old High German arm (German arm), Old Norse armr (Danish and Swedish arm), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (arms).

earm

1. poor, miserable

• earmcearig

• Middle English: arm
  • English: arm
  • Scots: arm

From Old Frisian erm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos.

• IPA^(key): /jɛrm/, /ɪə̯rm/

earm c (plural earms or earmen, diminutive earmke)

1. arm

• earmtakke

• “earm (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

From Old Frisian *arm, erm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm.

earm

1. poor

• “earm (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011