Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harmô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱormō (“weasel”).

Noun

*harmô m [1]

ermine, weasel

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *harmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*harmô	*harmaniz
vocative	*harmô	*harmaniz
accusative	*harmanų	*harmanunz
genitive	*harminiz	*harmanǫ̂
dative	*harmini	*harmammaz
instrumental	*harminē	*harmammiz

Derived terms

*harmǭ

Descendants

Old English: hearma
Old Saxon: harmo
Old Dutch: *harmo
- Middle Dutch: *herme
  - Dutch: herm (rare, now obsolete)
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *hermilo
  - Middle Dutch: hermel
    - Dutch: hermel
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: hermelijn
      - Dutch: hermelijn
Old High German: harmo
- Middle High German: harme
  - German: Harm
- ⇒ Old High German: harmilo
  - ⇒ Old High German: harmilīn
    - Middle High German: hermelīn
      - German: Hermelin

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*harman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 212

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*harman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 212