Reconstruction:Old Saxon/irmin

This Old Saxon 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.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ermun, from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.

Noun

*irmin

  1. (poetic) world, earth[1]

Declension

*irmin (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *irmin *irminos
accusative *irmin *irminos
genitive *irmines *irminō
dative *irmine *irminum
instrumental — —

Alternative reconstructions

  • *irmen

Derived terms

  • irminmann (“man, layman”) (cf. OE weoroldmann, OHG weraltman, ON veraldarmaðr)

References

  1. ^ Beeler, Madison S. (1961), “A New Etymology: Germanic *erma/in(a)- Reconsidered”, in Schmitt, Ludwig Erich, editor, Dichtung und Deutung: Gedächtnisschrift für Hans M. Wolff, Bern; München: Francke Verlag, →OCLC, pages 9–21
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