hymlic

Old English

Alternative forms
  • hymlīc
  • hymelic, hymelīc
  • hemlic, hemlīc
  • hemlec, hemlēc — in placenames

Etymology

Unknown. 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 Low German hemern.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxym.lik/, [ˈhym.lik], /ˈxym.liːk/, [ˈhym.liːk]

Noun

hymlic or hymlīc m

  1. (botany) hemlock
  2. (botany) bryony
  3. (botany) convolvulus

Declension
Declension of hymlic (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hymlic hymlicas
accusative hymlic hymlicas
genitive hymlices hymlica
dative hymlice hymlicum

Descendants
  • Middle English: hemloke, hemelok, homelok, humlok

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 558, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 558
  2. An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction. (n.d.). United Kingdom: U of Minnesota Press., p. 105
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