English

foumart

Foumart comes from Middle English fulmard.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of fūl ‘foul’ + mearþ ‘marten’

Proto-Indo-European *puH- ‘to be rotten’

Proto-Indo-European *púH-lo-s

Proto-Germanic *fūlaz ‘foul, dirty’

Proto-West Germanic *fūl ‘foul, dirty’

Old English fūl ‘foul’

Proto-Germanic *marþuz ‘marten’

Old English mearþ ‘marten’

Every English word from Middle English fulmard

noun A European polecat; a member of the Mustelidae family.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.