Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harmō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *harmô.

Noun

*harmō m

1. stoat, ermine

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*harmō
Genitive	*harmini, *harman
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*harmō	*harman
Accusative	*harman	*harman
Genitive	*harmini, *harman	*harmanō
Dative	*harmini, *harman	*harmum
Instrumental	*harmini, *harman	*harmum

Derived terms

• *harmil n
• *harmilō m
• *harmīn (adj)

Related terms

• *harm m
• *harmilīn n

Descendants

• 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