Etymology

walm

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Today it means: To roll; to spout; to boil up. Full definition →

Middle English walmen ← Old English wælm ← Proto-West Germanic *walmi
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*walmiz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*walmi
  3. Old English · derived fromwælm
  4. Middle English · inherited fromwalmen“to surge, bubble forth, pour forth”
  5. English todaywalm

From Middle English walmen (“to surge, bubble forth, pour forth”), from walm, walme (“a gush, surge”), from Old English wælm, welm, wylm, wielm, wilm (“that which wells, a fount, stream, spring, source, surge”), from Proto-West Germanic *walmi, *walmu, from Proto-Germanic *walmiz, *walmuz.

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