Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hramusō
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hramusô, from Proto-Indo-European *krómus-ō ~ *kr̥mus-nés, from *kermus-, *kremus- (“wild garlic”). Cognate with Lithuanian kermùšė (“wild garlic”), Proto-Slavic *čermъša (“ramson”), Ancient Greek κρόμμυον (krómmuon, “onion”), Middle Irish crim (“garlic”).
Noun
*hramusō m
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hramusō | |
| Genitive | *hramusini, *hramusan | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hramusō | *hramusan |
| Accusative | *hramusan | *hramusan |
| Genitive | *hramusini, *hramusan | *hramusanō |
| Dative | *hramusini, *hramusan | *hramusum |
| Instrumental | *hramusini, *hramusan | *hramusum |
Reconstruction notes
There is no direct evidence of the medial -u- in any of the Germanic languages, but it is assumed based on evidence from other Indo-European languages.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: hramsa, hromsa, hramse, ramesa
- Old Saxon: *hramuso, *hremiso
- Old Dutch: *ramuso
- Old High German: *hramuso, *ramuso,
- Middle High German: *ramese
- German: Rams
- Bavarian: Ramsel, Ramsenwurz, Ramschenwurz
- Middle High German: *ramese
Further reading
- Hellquist, Elof (1922) “rams, ramslök”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 625
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “(kerem-), krem- (: krom-) und kerm-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 580-581
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page *krémhₓus (gen. *krm̥hₓóus): “620”
References
- ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Rams”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 512: “*hraməsan”
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hramusan- / *hramusjōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 242-243
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xramusō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 184
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Rams”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 580: “g. *hramesōn”