Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harmaz

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This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Traditionally from Proto-Indo-European *pḱórmos (shame, grief, torment, pain), from *pḱer-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sormъ (shame), Persian شرم, Avestan 𐬟𐬱𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬀 (fšarəma, sense of shame). Because of PIE root constraints and the fact that the only evidence for *p- comes from Avestan, an alternative etymology reconstructs the root as *ḱer(H)-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

*harmaz[1] (West Germanic)

  1. painful; sorrowful; doleful
  2. harmful; malicious; evil

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *harm
    • Old English: hearm
    • Old Saxon: harm
      • Middle Low German: *harm (possibly)
      • Old Danish: harm
      • Norwegian Bokmål: harm
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: harm

Noun

*harmaz m[2]

  1. harm; shame; pain; injury

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *harmaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *harmaz *harmōz, *harmōs
vocative *harm *harmōz, *harmōs
accusative *harmą *harmanz
genitive *harmas, *harmis *harmǫ̂
dative *harmai *harmamaz
instrumental *harmō *harmamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xarmaz II”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xarmaz I”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163