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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hamô

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 1

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *haama (see Finnish haamu).[1] Or inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-on-, from *ḱom-, and related to Sanskrit शामुल्य (śāmulya, shirt).

Noun

*hamô m

  1. cover, skin
Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *hamô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hamô *hamaniz
vocative *hamô *hamaniz
accusative *hamanų *hamanunz
genitive *haminiz *hamanǫ̂
dative *hamini *hamammaz
instrumental *haminē *hamammiz
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hamō
  • Old Norse: *hami, hamr

Etymology 2

From the same source as Etymology 1 above; also compare *hamiþiją (shirt).

Noun

*hamô m[2][3]

  1. clothes, skirt, fishnet
  2. harness, collar for a horse
Descendants

References

  1. Hyllested, Adam (2014) Word Exchange at the Gates of Europe: Five Millennia of Language Contact (Thesis), Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*haman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206
  3. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), haam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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