hymlic

Old English

Alternative forms

  • hymlīc
  • hymelic, hymelīc
  • hemlic, hemlīc
  • hemlec, hemlēc (in placenames)

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a diminutive or derivative of Proto-West Germanic *hamirā (“hellebore”), with which Liberman compares Proto-Slavic *čemerъ (“false hellebore”), also used to describe venom or poison caused by this plant, from Proto-Indo-European *kemer-. The closest Germanic cognates are German Low German Hemer, Hemern and German Hemere (“hellebore”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxym.lik/, [ˈhym.lik], /ˈxym.liːk/, [ˈhym.liːk]

Noun

hymlic or hymlīc m

  1. (botany) hemlock
  2. (botany) bryony
  3. (botany) convolvulus

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hymlic —
accusative hymlic —
genitive hymlices —
dative hymlice —

Descendants

  • Middle English: hemloke, hemelok, homelok, humlok

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “558”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 558
  2. ^ An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction. (n.d.). United Kingdom: U of Minnesota Press., p. 105
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