hearma
Old English
noun
Definitions
- ermine
- shrewmouse
- fieldmouse; dormouse
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *harmô (weasel, ermine) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱormen-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱormen-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- counter-ermine English
- ermine English
- ermined English
- erminelike English
- ermellino Italian
- hermine French
- herminette French
- *ḱerǝm- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱormen- Proto-Indo-European
- *harmô Proto-Germanic
- ermine Middle English
- ermin Old French
- armiño Galician
- ερμίνα Greek (modern)
- harmilī Old High German
- harmo Old High German
- hermelin Middle High German
- *hermilo Old Dutch
- *harmin-, *harmo Frankish