Etymology

yarm

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Today it means: To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell. Full definition →

Middle English ȝarmen ← Old English ġyrman ← Proto-West Germanic *jarmijan
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yarm · verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*jarmijaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*jarmijan
  3. Old English · inherited fromġyrman
  4. Middle English · inherited fromȝarmen
  5. English todayyarm

From Middle English ȝarmen, ȝermen, from Old English ġyrman, ġierman (“to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *jarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *jarmijaną, *jarmōną (“to bellow, bleat”). Cognate with Scots yirm (“to whine, wail”), dialectal Danish jærme (“to lament, shriek”), dialectal Norwegian jerme (“to bleat”), dialectal Swedish jarma (“to lament, shriek”), Icelandic jarma (“to whine, complain, bleat”). Compare Albanian jerm (“to rave, be delirious”). Compare English yammer.

yarm · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromȝarm
  2. English todayyarm

From Middle English ȝarm, from ȝarmen.

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