Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hramusō

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

From Proto-Germanic *hramusô, from Proto-Indo-European *krómus-ō ~ *kr̥mus-nés, from *kermus-, *kremus- (“wild garlic”).[1][2][3][4] Cognate with Lithuanian kermùšė (“wild garlic”), Proto-Slavic *čermъša (“ramson”), Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, “onion”), Middle Irish crim (“garlic”).

Noun

*hramusō m

  1. ramson, wild garlic

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *hramusō
Genitive *hramusini, *hramusan
Singular Plural
Nominative *hramusō *hramusan
Accusative *hramusan *hramusan
Genitive *hramusini, *hramusan *hramusanō
Dative *hramusini, *hramusan *hramusum
Instrumental *hramusini, *hramusan *hramusum

Reconstruction notes

There is no direct evidence of the medial -u- in any of the Germanic languages, but it is assumed based on evidence from other Indo-European languages.

Derived terms

  • *hramusijā
    • Old High German: ramese, ramusia

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Rams”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 512: “*hraməsan”
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hramusan- / *hramusjōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 242-243
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xramusō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 184
  4. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Rams”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 580: “g. *hramesōn”
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