Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ermunaz
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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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Ancient Greek ὄρμενος (órmenos, “rushing forward, shoot”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir, spring”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*ermunaz m
Inflection
Declension of *ermunaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ermunaz | *ermunai | *ermunō | *ermunôz | *ermuną, -atō | *ermunō |
| Accusative | *ermunanǭ | *ermunanz | *ermunǭ | *ermunōz | *ermuną, -atō | *ermunō |
| Genitive | *ermunas, -is | *ermunaizǫ̂ | *ermunaizōz | *ermunaizǫ̂ | *ermunas, -is | *ermunaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *ermunammai | *ermunaimaz | *ermunaizōi | *ermunaimaz | *ermunammai | *ermunaimaz |
| Instrumental | *ermunanō | *ermunaimiz | *ermunaizō | *ermunaimiz | *ermunanō | *ermunaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ermunô | *ermunaniz | *ermunǭ | *ermunōniz | *ermunô | *ermunōnō |
| Accusative | *ermunanų | *ermunanunz | *ermunōnų | *ermunōnunz | *ermunô | *ermunōnō |
| Genitive | *ermuniniz | *ermunanǫ̂ | *ermunōniz | *ermunōnǫ̂ | *ermuniniz | *ermunanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *ermunini | *ermunammaz | *ermunōni | *ermunōmaz | *ermunini | *ermunammaz |
| Instrumental | *ermuninē | *ermunammiz | *ermunōnē | *ermunōmiz | *ermuninē | *ermunammiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *ermun, *ermun-, *irmin-
- Old Norse: Jǫrmunr, jǫrmun-
- Icelandic: jörmun-
- →? Latin: Arminius (see there for descendants)
References
- ^ Tocharian and Indo-European Studies. (1988). Iceland: Tocharian and Indo-European Studies, p. 70