French hermine

← Old English hearma (cognate)

← English ermine (link)

← Old French ermin (inherited)

← Old French ermine (mention)

← Old French hermine (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *harmô (derived)

← Old High German harmo (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *ḱerǝm- (derived)

← Old Dutch harm (cognate)

→ German Hermelin (derived)

→ Greek ερμίνα (derived)

→ French herminette (affix)

→ Romanian hermină (borrowed)