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
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
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | earm | earm | earm |
| Accusative | earmne | earme | earm |
| Genitive | earmes | earmre | earmes |
| Dative | earmum | earmre | earmum |
| Instrumental | earme | earmre | earme |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | earme | earma, earme | earm |
| Accusative | earme | earma, earme | earm |
| Genitive | earmra | earmra | earmra |
| Dative | earmum | earmum | earmum |
| Instrumental | earmum | earmum | earmum |
From Old Frisian erm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos.
earm c (plural earms or earmen, diminutive earmke)
From Old Frisian *arm, erm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm.
earm
| Inflection of earm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | earm | |||
| inflected | earme | |||
| comparative | earmer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | earm | earmer | it earmst it earmste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | earme | earmere | earmste |
| n. sing. | earm | earmer | earmste | |
| plural | earme | earmere | earmste | |
| definite | earme | earmere | earmste | |
| partitive | earms | earmers | — | |