Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ēmǭ

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛː.mɔ̃ː/

Etymology 1

Possibly from a variant *h₁eh₁-mó-s of Proto-Indo-European *h₁oh₁-mó-s (“raw, bitter”), thus “raw skin” > “erysipelas”, based on Kroonen's unorthodox reconstruction of this root. Despite superficial similarities, unrelated to *ammōną (“to irritate”), which derives from a different root.[1]

Noun

*ēmǭ f[1]

  1. erysipelas
Inflection
Declension of *ēmǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ēmǭ *ēmōniz
vocative *ēmǭ *ēmōniz
accusative *ēmōnų *ēmōnunz
genitive *ēmōniz *ēmōnǫ̂
dative *ēmōni *ēmōmaz
instrumental *ēmōnē *ēmōmiz
  • *ēmaz?
    • Old Norse: ámr (“dark red color”)
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic:
  • Old Norse: áma
  • ⇒ Old Norse: ámusótt
    • Icelandic: ámusótt

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin, with no certain cognates outside of Germanic.[2]

Noun

*ēmǭ f[2]

  1. larva (of an insect)
Inflection
Declension of *ēmǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ēmǭ *ēmōniz
vocative *ēmǭ *ēmōniz
accusative *ēmōnų *ēmōnunz
genitive *ēmōniz *ēmōnǫ̂
dative *ēmōni *ēmōmaz
instrumental *ēmōnē *ēmōmiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *āmā
    • Old English: ēmel (“caterpillar; weevil”)
    • Old Saxon:
      • Middle Low German: emel, emelte (“corn bug; aphid”)
    • Old Dutch:
      • Middle Dutch:
        • Dutch: emelt (“mosquito larva”)
  • Old Norse: *áma

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ēmōn- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ēmōn- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 117-8
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