Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/humaraz

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

Etymology

Likely a substrate borrowing from the same Mediterranean source as Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle, crustacean”), κᾰ́μμᾰρος (kámmaros, “lobster, shrimp”) (the later whence Latin cammarus (“lobster”)), with hypothetical proto-form *km̥h₂-er-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.mɑ.rɑz/

Noun

*humaraz m

1. (North Germanic) lobster

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *humaraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*humaraz	*humarōz, *humarōs
vocative	*humar	*humarōz, *humarōs
accusative	*humarą	*humaranz
genitive	*humaras, *humaris	*humarǫ̂
dative	*humarai	*humaramaz
instrumental	*humarō	*humaramiz

Related terms

• *krabitaz (possibly)

Descendants

• Old Norse: humarr
  • Icelandic: humar
  • Faroese: hummari
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hummar, humar
  • Swedish: hummer
  • Danish: hummer
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hummer
  • → Middle Low German: *hummer
    • German Low German: Hummer
    • Dutch Low Saxon: hummer
      • → Dutch: hommer
    • → German: Hummer
    • → French: homard
      • → Bulgarian: омар (omar)
      • → Hungarian: homár
      • → Russian: ома́р (omár)
        • → Armenian: օմար (ōmar)
        • → Kazakh: омар (omar)
      • → Slovak: homár