*humaraz

Runic: ᚺᚢᛗᚨᚱᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxu.mɑ.rɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

lobster

Etymology

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

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	humaraz	humarōz, humarōs
Acc.	humarą	humaranz
Gen.	humaras, humaris	humarǫ̂
Dat.	humarai	humaramaz
Inst.	humarō	humaramiz
Voc.	humar	humarōz, humarōs

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Descendants

humarr (Old Norse)
- hummari (Faroese)
- humar (Icelandic)
- hemroll (Middle English)
- hummar, humar (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- hummer (Swedish)
humarr (Old Norse)
- hummer (Danish)
  - hummer (Norwegian Bokmål)
humarr (Old Norse)
- *hummer (Middle Low German)
  - homard (French)
  - Hummer (German)
  - Hummer (German Low German)
humarr (Old Norse)
- *hummer (Middle Low German)
  - hummer (Dutch Low Saxon)
    - hommer (Dutch)

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