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Etymology edit

Unknown. 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 cognate is Low German hemern.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

hymlic or hymlīc m

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

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References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 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