hymele

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *humilō (“hops”), of uncertain ultimate origin, but assumed to be of Finnic/Uralic origin, as the Finno-Ugric tribes were the first to use hops for beer.[1]

Related to Old Norse humli (“hops”), Medieval Latin humlo, humulus (“hops”), Proto-Slavic *xъmèľь (“hops”). Possibly influenced by Proto-Germanic *huppô (“hops”), for which see also French houblon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxy.me.le/, [ˈhy.me.le]

Noun

hymele f

  1. hops, Humulus lupulus

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative hymele hymelan
accusative hymelan hymelan
genitive hymelan hymelena
dative hymelan hymelum

Descendants

  • Middle English: hymele, humel, humbel, hemel (often in placenames)
    • ⇒ Middle English: Humeleton, Humelton, Humbelton
      • English: Humbleton

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hop2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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