hermine
French
muteh
Definitions
- ermine Mustela erminea
- ermine material
- ermine tincture
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ermin derived from Frankish *harmin-, *harmo (weasel, ermine, stoat) derived from Proto-Germanic *harmô (weasel, ermine) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerǝm- (weasel).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱerǝm-
Gloss
weasel
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ermellino Italian
- herminette French
- *ḱerǝm- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱormen- Proto-Indo-European
- *harmô Proto-Germanic
- *harmǭ Proto-Germanic
- hearma Old English
- ermine Middle English
- ermyn 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