hummel

== English == === Etymology === Probably from Middle English hamelen (“to maim, mutilate; to cut short”), from Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“hornless; mutilated”). Cognate with Dutch hamel (“wether”), English hamble, Low German hommel, hummel (“an animal lacking horns”), humlich, dialectal hommlich (“lacking horns”), Bavarian humlet (“lacking horns”), German hammeln, hämmeln (“to geld”), Icelandic hamla (“to maim, mutilate”). OxfordDictionaries.com suggests that the “ear of grain with its awns removed” sense preceded the “animal without antlers or horns” sense. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈhʌm(ə)l/ Rhymes: -ʌməl Hyphenation: hum‧mel === Noun === hummel (plural hummels) (Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns. [from late 15th c.] (also attributive) Especially in hummel corn: grain that lacks awns (beards or bristles), or has had its awns removed (barley, oats, etc.). ==== Alternative forms ==== humble === Verb === hummel (third-person singular simple present hummels, present participle (US) hummeling or (UK) hummelling, simple past and past participle (US) hummeled or (UK) hummelled) (transitive) Of an animal: to remove the horns; to poll. (transitive) To separate (barley, oats, etc.) from the awns. ==== Alternative forms ==== humble ==== Synonyms ==== (of an animal: to remove the horns): poll ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === hummel (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === hummel m (plural hummels, diminutive hummeltje n) (endearing, informal) a small child ==== Usage notes ==== Mostly used in its diminutive form. ==== Synonyms ==== dreumes