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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₂- (“to stick; prick; stab”). Cognate with Latin culmus, Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Kroonen, who adds Lithuanian kélmas (“tree trunk”) as a cognate, reconstructs the original athematic paradigm as *ḱélh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-m-ós (cf. *elm-, *alm-, *ulm- (“elm”)), rejecting Beekes' *ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-.
Pronunciation
Noun
*halmaz m
- (botany) halm; stem; stalk
- straw; hay
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *halmaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*halmaz
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*halmōz, *halmōs
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vocative
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*halm
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*halmōz, *halmōs
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accusative
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*halmą
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*halmanz
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genitive
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*halmas, *halmis
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*halmǫ̂
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dative
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*halmai
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*halmamaz
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instrumental
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*halmō
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*halmamiz
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Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) “*helm, *hulmaz”, in The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 162–163
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xalmaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 156