arm

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • (anatomy) arm; the body part
  • arm; something extending from a body

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse armr (arm, poor, wretched, unhappy, pitiful, wing of a body) inherited from Proto-Germanic *armaz (arm, poor, pitiful, pitiable, miserable) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos

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