An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Lärm

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Lärm
Friedrich Kluge2507503An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L — Lärm1891John Francis Davis

Lärm, m., ‘alarm, noise,’ ModHG. only; like E. larum, it originated in Fr. alarme (from Ital. allarme) by dropping the unaccented initial vowel; prop. a military term identical with Alarm.