Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ermun

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.

Noun

*ermun m

  1. (poetic) world, earth[1]
    Synonyms: *erþu, *midlagard, *weraldi

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ermun
Genitive *ermunas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ermun *ermunōs
Accusative *ermun *ermunā
Genitive *ermunas *ermunō
Dative *ermunē *ermunum
Instrumental *ermunu *ermunum

Derived terms

  • *ermunagod (“God of the earth”) (cf. MHG werltgot, OHG waltant got, erdgot, Latin deus mundi)
    • Old Saxon: irmingod
    • Old High German: irmingot
  • *ermunasūli (“world pillar, world tree”) (+ *sūli (“pillar”))
    • Old Saxon: irminsūl
    • Old High German: irminsūl
      • Middle High German: irmensūl, irmensul, irmensuol, irmensiule, irmsūl, irmsiule, irmsuol
        • German: Irminsäule
  • *ermunaþeudu (“mankind”)[1] (cf. OHG weraltdiot, Latin gentes mundi)
    • Old English: eormenþēod
    • Old Saxon: irminthioda
    • Old High German: irmindiot
  • *ermuni[1]
    • Old English: yrmenne

Descendants

  • Old English: *eormen (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Saxon: *irmin (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: *irmin (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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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