Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/humelaz
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *km̥H-el-os (“bumblebee”), probably onomatopoeic from a root *kemH- (“to hum”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *čьmèľь (“bumblebee”), *komãrъ (“mosquito”), Lithuanian kamãnė, Old Prussian camus (“bumblebee”).
Noun[edit]
*humelaz m
Related terms[edit]
- *hummōną (“to hum”)