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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱormō (“weasel”).
Noun
*harmô m[1]
- ermine, weasel
Inflection
Declension of *harmô (masculine an-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*harmô
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*harmaniz
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| vocative
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*harmô
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*harmaniz
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| accusative
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*harmanų
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*harmanunz
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| genitive
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*harminiz
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*harmanǫ̂
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| dative
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*harmini
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*harmammaz
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| instrumental
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*harminē
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*harmammiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *harmō
- Old English: hearma
- Old Frisian: *harma
- 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
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *hermilo
- Old High German: harmo
- Middle High German: harme
- ⇒ Old High German: harmilo
- ⇒ Old High German: harmilīn
- →? Old French: ermine, ermin, hermin, hermine
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*harman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212