ermelin
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) An ermine.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hermelin (ermine) derived from Middle High German hermelin derived from Proto-Germanic *harmô (weasel, ermine).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*harmô
Gloss
weasel, ermine
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Armenius mūs Latin
- Hermelin German
- hermelin Hungarian
- ermellino Italian
- *ḱerǝm- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱormen- Proto-Indo-European
- hermelin Norwegian Bokmål
- *harmô Proto-Germanic
- hermelin Norwegian Nynorsk
- hearma Old English
- armiño Galician
- harmilī Old High German
- harmo Old High German
- hermelin Middle High German
- hermelîn Middle High German
- *hermilo Old Dutch
- *harmin-, *harmo Frankish