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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harjamann-

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *harjaz (“army”) +‎ *mann- (“man”).

Noun

*harjamann- m [1]

  1. warrior, soldier

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Old English: heremann
  • Middle Dutch: herman
  • Old High German: heriman
  • Old Norse: hermaðr

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xarja-mannz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
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