Where does “hearma” come from?

hearma (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *harmō, from Proto-Germanic harmô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱormen-.

hearma (Old English): ermine; shrewmouse; fieldmouse; dormouse

Definitions

  1. ermine; shrewmouse; fieldmouse; dormouse

Ancestry of “hearma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*harmōstoat, ermine
2Proto-Germanicharmôermine, weasel
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱormen-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱormen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic harmô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *harmō →