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Old English
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from a diminutive or derivative of Proto-West Germanic *hamirā (“hellebore”), with which Liberman compares Proto-Slavic *čemerъ (“false hellebore”), also used to describe venom or poison caused by this plant, from Proto-Indo-European *kemer-. The closest Germanic cognate is German Low German Hemer, Hemern and German Hemere (“hellebore”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxym.lik/, , /ˈxym.liːk/,
Noun
hymlic or hymlīc m
- (botany) hemlock
- (botany) bryony
- (botany) convolvulus
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Descendants
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