Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hramusō

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hramusô, from Proto-Indo-European *krómus-ō ~ *kr̥mus-nés, from *kermus-, *kremus- (wild garlic).[1][2][3][4] Cognate with Lithuanian kermùšė (wild garlic), Proto-Slavic *čermъša (ramson), Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, onion), Middle Irish crim (garlic).

Noun edit

*hramusō m

  1. ramson, wild garlic

Inflection edit

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *hramusō
Genitive *hramusini, *hramusan
Singular Plural
Nominative *hramusō *hramusan
Accusative *hramusan *hramusan
Genitive *hramusini, *hramusan *hramusanō
Dative *hramusini, *hramusan *hramusum
Instrumental *hramusini, *hramusan *hramusum

Reconstruction notes edit

There is no direct evidence of the medial -u- in any of the Germanic languages, but it is assumed based on evidence from other Indo-European languages.

Derived terms edit

  • *hramusijā
    • Old High German: ramese, ramusia

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Rams”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 512:*hraməsan
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hramusan- / *hramusjōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 242-243
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xramusō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 184
  4. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Rams”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 580:g. *hramesōn