Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/humelaz

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *km̥H-el-os (“bumblebee”), probably onomatopoeic from a root *kemH- (“to hum”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *čьmèľь (“bumblebee”), *komãrъ (“mosquito”), Lithuanian kamãnė, Old Prussian camus (“bumblebee”).

Noun

*humelaz m

  1. bumblebee

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *humel
    • Middle Dutch: homel
    • Old English: *humbel
    • Old High German: humbal, humbala, humbalo
    • Middle Low German: homele, homelte
  • Old Norse: humla

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*humela-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 255: “m. 'bumblebee'”
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