Etymograph

English

jarm

Jarm comes from English charm ‘chirp’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- ‘to shout, call’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵeh₂r-1‘to shout, call’root named by Wiktionary
  2. English1500–presentcharm1‘chirp’
  3. Englishtodayjarm1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English jarm

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵeh₂r-Wiktionary, English jarm‘to shout, call’root named by Wiktionary
  2. English1500–presentcharmWiktionary, English jarm‘chirp’
  3. EnglishtodayjarmWiktionary, English jarm

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- ‘to shout, call’

care, charm, garrulous, 12 more

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “jarm”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- / jarm

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