Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Danish hemæ, hemmæ, from Old Norse heima (at home), an adverb from the noun heimr. Compare Swedish hemma, English at home, German daheim.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jɛmə/, [ˈjɛmə], [ˈjɛmm̩]

Adverb edit

hjemme

  1. at home, home (in the place where one belongs, in a static position)

Descendants edit

  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjemme

See also edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Danish hjemme (at home, home), from Old Danish hemæ, hemmæ, from Old Norse heima, genitive indefinite plural form of heimr (realm, region, village, home), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (home, house, village), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (village, home), *tḱóymos (settlement, dwelling), from o-grade form of *tḱey- (to settle, dwell) +‎ *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix).

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Adverb edit

hjemme

  1. at home

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