ermine

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), ermin, ermyn, from Old French ermin, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), hermine.

There are two main theories for the origin of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Germanic origin is suggested via Old Dutch *harmino (“stoat skin”), from *harmo (“stoat, weasel”) (compare Dutch hermelijn and dialectal herm), from Proto-Germanic *harmǭ, *harmô (compare Old English hearma, Old High German harmo (harmin (adjective), obsolete German Harm), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱormō (compare Romansch carmun, obsolete Lithuanian šarmuõ). Romance sources identify the animal with the corresponding word for Armenian, possibly from Medieval Latin mūs Armenius (“Armenian mouse”) or a posterior compound.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɜːmɪn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɝmɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪn

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

1. A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.
2. The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes.
3. (by extension, figuratively) The office of a judge.
4. (heraldry) A white field with black spots.
5. Any of various moths, especially in the family Yponomeutidae

• stoat (British)
• short-tailed weasel (American)

• erminee

ermine (not comparable)

The coat of arms of Britanny is blazone ermine.

1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour ermine (white with black spots).

ermine (third-person singular simple present ermines, present participle ermining, simple past and past participle ermined)

1. To clothe with ermine.

• ReMine, Remine, emerin, enmire, remine

ermine

1. Alternative form of ermyne

• ermin, hermin, hermine

Either from Medieval Latin (mus) Armenius (“Armenian (mouse)”) (see Armenia) or Frankish *harmīn (“ermine”, adjective) (from *harmō (“ermine”)).

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1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (fabric)
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     La pane fu de blanc ermine

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Middle French: hermin, ermin
  • French: hermine
    • → Romanian: hermină
    • → Turkish: ermin
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