Where does “harmēn” come from?
harmēn (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic harmāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną, from Proto-Germanic -ajaną, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
harmēn (Frankish): to insult, injure; to harm, to injure
Definitions
- to insult, injure; to harm, to injure
Ancestry of “harmēn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | harmāną | to harm, injure, pain; to shame |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “harmēn”