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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/armaz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑr.mɑz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos, *h₂ŕ̥mos, from the root *h₂er-.

Cognate with Lithuanian ìrmėdė (gout), Old Prussian irmo (arm), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós), Latin armus, Proto-Slavic *òrmo (shoulder), Sanskrit ईर्म (īrmá, arm).

Noun

*armaz m[1]

  1. arm
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *armaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *armaz *armōz, *armōs
vocative *arm *armōz, *armōs
accusative *armą *armanz
genitive *armas, *armis *armǫ̂
dative *armai *armamaz
instrumental *armō *armamiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *arm
    • Old English: earm, arm
      • Middle English: arm
        • English: arm
        • Scots: airm
        • Yola: arrm
    • Old Frisian: erm
    • Old Saxon: arm
      • Middle Low German: arm
        • Low German:
          • German Low German:
            Hamburgisch: Arm
            Westphalian:
            Ravensbergisch: Ārm
            Lippisch: Arm
            Sauerländisch: Ārm, Ārem, Oarm
            Westmünsterländisch: Arm
          • Plautdietsch: Oam, Oarm
    • Old Dutch: arm
      • Middle Dutch: arm
        • Dutch: arm
          • Afrikaans: arm
          • Javindo: arrem
          • Negerhollands: arm, erm
        • Limburgish: erm
    • Old High German: arm, aram, arma
  • Old Norse: armr
    • Icelandic: armur
    • Faroese: armur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: arm; (dialectal) arm’e
    • Old Swedish: armber
    • Danish: arm
      • Norwegian Bokmål: arm
    • Gutnish: arm, harm
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (arms)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm- (poor, ill). Cognate with Hittite 𒅕𒈠𒀭 (erman, sickness).

Alternatively[2], from Pre-Germanic *h₃orbʰmos, with loss of -b- before -m-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-, whence English orphan. Compare the Norse variant aumr, as from *arbmaz with no loss of -b-, which mirrors the dissimilation of Old Norse haustr from *harbistaz.

Adjective

*armaz (comparative *armōzô, superlative *armōstaz)[2]

  1. poor, miserable
  2. pitiful, pitiable
Inflection


Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arma- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arma- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35
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