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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harmijaną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxar.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From *harmaz (to harm, pain).

Verb

*harmijaną

  1. to harm, injure, pain
  2. to shame
Inflection
Descendants
  • Old English: hearmian
  • Old Saxon: hermian
  • Frankish: *harmijan
    • Old French: hargnier, hergnier (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: harmēn
    • Middle High German: harmen, hermen
      • German: härmen
  • Old Norse: hermask
    • Icelandic: hermask
    • Swedish: härmas

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂-, *kerh₃- (to praise (loudly)).[1]

Verb

*harmijaną

  1. to repeat, relate, report
  2. to mimic, imitate
Inflection
  • *horōjaną
  • *hrōmaz
  • *hrōþiz
  • *hrōþraz
  • *hurjaną
Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hurjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 259
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