Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxym.li.ke/, [ˈhym.li.ke], /ˈxym.liː.ke/, [ˈhym.liː.ke]

Noun

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hymlice or hymlīce f

  1. Synonym of hymlic

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “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