köken: Perhaps from em, but blended with Norwegian myrja (“mass, ember”). Ultimately from Old Norse eimyrja (“embers”), from Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ, equivalent to eimr + yrja. The form emmer seems to have been used originally as a singular, compare the variant emme (“ember”). Compare Old English ǣmyrġe (“ember”) and Old High German eimuria (cf. German Ammer in dialectal High German). See also Old…
Tag Emmer til Røgelse og læg derpaa noget af Fiskens Hjerte og Lever og ryg dermed.
From Middle High German emeri, from Old High German amari, derivative of amar(o), which in turn gave rise to the obsolescent synonym Amelkorn (“amelcorn”). Further etymology unknown, but perhaps from Latin amylum (“gruel, starch”).