Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/humaraz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Likely a substrate borrowing from the same Mediterranean source as Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle, crustacean”), κᾰ́μμᾰρος (kắmmăros, “lobster, shrimp”) (the later whence Latin cammarus (“lobster”)), with hypothetical proto-form *km̥h₂-er-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxu.mɑ.rɑz/

Noun

*humaraz m

  1. (North Germanic) lobster

Inflection

Declension of *humaraz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *humaraz *humarōz, *humarōs
vocative *humar *humarōz, *humarōs
accusative *humarą *humaranz
genitive *humaras, *humaris *humarǫ̂
dative *humarai *humaramaz
instrumental *humarō *humaramiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: humarr
    • Icelandic: humar
    • Faroese: hummari
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: hummar, humar
    • Swedish: hummer
    • Danish: hummer
    • →⇒ Middle English: hemroll
    • → Middle Low German: *hummer

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*humara-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254
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