Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harmō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *harmô.

Noun

*harmō m

stoat, ermine

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*harmō
Genitive	harmini, harman
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*harmō	*harman
Accusative	*harman	*harman
Genitive	harmini, harman	*harmanō
Dative	harmini, harman	*harmum
Instrumental	harmini, harman	*harmum

Derived terms

*harmil n
*harmilō m
*harmīn (adjective)

Related terms

*harm m
*harmilīn n

Descendants

Old English: hearma
Old Frisian: *harma
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *harmel
  - West Frisian: harmel
Old Saxon: harmo
- Middle Low German: harm
  - ⇒ German Low German: Hermanntje
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *hermil
  - Middle Low German: hermel
Old Dutch: *harmo
- Middle Dutch: *herme
  - Dutch: herm (rare, now obsolete)
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: hermijn
    - →? Icelandic: hermín
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *hermilo
  - Middle Dutch: hermel
    - Dutch: hermel
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: hermelijn
      - Dutch: hermelijn
        Afrikaans: hermelyn
Old High German: harmo
- Middle High German: harme
  - German: Harm
- ⇒ Old High German: harmilo
  - ⇒ Old High German: harmilīn
    - Middle High German: hermelīn
      - German: Hermelin
        → Danish: hermelin
        → Swedish: hermelin
        → Norwegian Bokmål: hermelin
        → Norwegian Nynorsk: hermelin
→? Old French: ermine, ermin, hermin, hermine
- Middle French: hermin, ermin
  - French: hermine
    - → Romanian: hermină
    - → Turkish: ermin
- → Middle English: ermyne, armyn, armyne, ermin, ermine, ermyn, hermyn
  - English: ermine
  - Scots: ermine