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humli

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Faroese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse humli, probably from Proto-Slavic *xъmelь.[1] Compare with Swedish humle, Norwegian Bokmål humle, Icelandic humall. Possible Slavic cognates include Slovak chmeľ and Serbo-Croatian hmelj.

Noun

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humli m (genitive singular humla, uncountable)

  1. hop (Humulus)
  2. hop (Humulus lupulus)

Declension

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m1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative humli humlin
accusative humla humlan
dative humla humlanum
genitive humla humlans

References

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  1. ^ humle in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)