Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/humelaz

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *km̥H-el-os (“bumblebee”), probably onomatopoeic from a root *kemH- (“to hum”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *čьmèľь (“bumblebee”), *komãrъ (“mosquito”), Lithuanian kamãnė, Old Prussian camus (“bumblebee”).

Noun

*humelaz m

bumblebee

Related terms

*hummōną (“to hum”)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *humel
- Middle Dutch: homel
  - Dutch: hommel
- Old English: *humbel
  - ⇒ Old English: myōð-umbel
  - ⇒ Middle English: humbul-bē, hombul-bē
    - English: bumblebee
    - Scots: bumbee
    - Yola: bumble-bee
- Old High German: humbal, humbala, humbalo
  - Middle High German: humbel, hummel
    - German: Hummel
- Middle Low German: homele, homelte
Old Norse: humla
- Danish: humle, humlebi
- Faroese: humla
- Icelandic: humla
- Norwegian Bokmål: humle
- Norwegian Nynorsk: humle
- Old Swedish: humbla
  - Swedish: humla