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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harmô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱormō (“weasel”).

Noun

*harmô m[1]

  1. ermine, weasel

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *harmô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *harmô *harmaniz
vocative *harmô *harmaniz
accusative *harmanų *harmanunz
genitive *harminiz *harmanǫ̂
dative *harmini *harmammaz
instrumental *harminē *harmammiz

Derived terms
  • *harmǭ

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *harmō
    • Old English: hearma
    • Old Frisian: *harma
      • ⇒ Old Frisian: *harmel
    • Old Saxon: harmo
      • Middle Low German: harm
        • ⇒ German Low German: Hermanntje
      • ⇒ Old Saxon: *hermil
        • Middle Low German: hermel
    • Old Dutch: *harmo
      • Middle Dutch: *herme
        • Dutch: herm (rare, now obsolete)
        • ⇒ Middle Dutch: hermijn
          • →? Icelandic: hermín
      • ⇒ Old Dutch: *hermilo
    • → Old French: hermin, ermin
    • Old High German: harmo

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*harman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212
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