[tied] Re: Possible connection between "ermine" and "harm"?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

> Could be "mus armenius" a folk-etymology for the Germanic *harman?

The ermine is present in Alps, why would the Romans call it "armenius"?

As Pliny uses the term _mus ponticus_ for 'ermine', the connection
with Asia Minor seems to have been more prominent.

Richard.