Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hamirā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kemer- (“medicinal plant, herb, hellebore”), related to Proto-Slavic *čemerъ (“false hellebore”), Lithuanian kẽmeras (“Eupatorium cannabinum”), Latvian cemeriņš (“Helleborus”), Greek χάμαρος (chámaros, “Aconitum”).

Noun

*hamirā f

medicinal or toxic flowering plant (e.g. hellebore, hemlock, etc.)

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hamirā
Genitive	*hamirōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hamirā	*hamirōn
Accusative	*hamirōn	*hamirōn
Genitive	*hamirōn	*hamirōnō
Dative	*hamirōn	hamirōm, hamirum
Instrumental	*hamirōn	hamirōm, hamirum

Descendants

⇒ Old English: hymlic, hymlīc, hymelic, hymelīc, hemlic, hemlīc, hemlec, hemlēc (< *hamirilik ?)
- Middle English: hemloke, hemelok, homelok, humlok
  - English: hemlock
  - Scots: hemlok, homlok, humlok, humlock
- ⇒ Old English: hymlice, hymlīce, hymblicæ, huymblicæ
Old High German: hemera
- Middle High German: hemere, hemer
  - German: Hemere
  - → German Low German: Hemer, Hemern
  - ⇒ Middle High German: hemerwurz, hemerwurze
    - German: Hemerwurz