An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/immer

by Friedrich Kluge

immer, from the equiv. MidHG. imer, immer, earlier iemer, OHG. iomêr, ‘always’ (only of the present and future); OHG. iomêr is a compound of io (comp. je) and mêr (see mehr); comp. AS. œ̂fre (E. ever), from *œ̂-mre (equiv. to OHG. io-mêr).