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Mehri
hərmáyt - tree
(ML 160)
The only term for “tree” in MTO. Only sparsely attested in MTjŠ (Kogan 2015: 523).
Reconstruction
Proto-MSA
*hVrā̆m-
- tree
(Kogan 2015: 44, 544)
The origin is uncertain. Note perhaps Arb.
harm-
‘kind of saline plant’,
harmā
‘old wood’ as well as Tgr.
harämo
‘straw’ (Kogan 2015: 544, fn. 1428).