Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hummōną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Indo-European *km̥H-néh₂-ti, probably onomatopoeic from a root *kemH- (“to hum”). Cognate with Lithuanian kìmti (“wheeze, become hoarse”), kimùs (“hoarse”), Proto-Slavic *čьmèľь (“bumblebee”), *komãrъ (“mosquito”).
Verb
edit*hummōną
- to hum
Inflection
editConjugation of *hummōną (weak class 2)
Related terms
edit- *humelaz (“bumblebee”)