hymlice
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
hymlice or hymlīce f
- Synonym of hymlic
Declension edit
Declension of hymlice (weak)
Descendants edit
- See hymlic
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 558, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 558
- ^ An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction. (n.d.). United Kingdom: U of Minnesota Press., p. 105