Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harmô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

• Proto-West Germanic: *harmō
  • Old English: hearma
  • Old Frisian: *harma
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: *harmel
      • West Frisian: harmel
  • Old Saxon: harmo
    • Middle Low German: harm
      • ⇒ German Low German: Hermanntje
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: *hermil
      • Middle Low German: hermel
  • Old Dutch: *harmo
    • Middle Dutch: *herme
      • Dutch: herm (rare, now obsolete)
      • ⇒ Middle Dutch: hermijn
        • →? Icelandic: hermín
    • ⇒ 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
            • → Danish: hermelin
            • → Swedish: hermelin
            • → Norwegian Bokmål: hermelin
            • → Norwegian Nynorsk: hermelin
  • →? Old French: ermine, ermin, hermin, hermine
    • Middle French: hermin, ermin
      • French: hermine
        • → Romanian: hermină
        • → Turkish: ermin
    • → Middle English: ermyne, armyn, armyne, ermin, ermine, ermyn, hermyn
      • English: ermine
      • Scots: ermine