Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīmô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éy-mn̥ ~ *sh₂i-mén-s, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”). Cognate with Irish sim, Ancient Greek ἱμάς (himás, “leather strap, well-rope”), and possibly Sanskrit सीमन् (sīmán, “border, frontier, margin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.mɔːː/

Noun

*sīmô m

1. rope, cord, string

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *sīmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sīmô	*sīmaniz
vocative	*sīmô	*sīmaniz
accusative	*sīmanų	*sīmanunz
genitive	*sīminiz	*sīmanǫ̂
dative	*sīmini	*sīmammaz
instrumental	*sīminē	*sīmammiz

Related terms

• *saidô
• *sailą
• *silô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sīmō
  • Old English: sīma
  • Old Frisian: sīma, sīm
    • North Frisian: seem
  • Old Saxon: sīmo
• Old Norse: síma
  • Icelandic: síma
  • Old Swedish: sīme
    • Swedish: simme
• → Proto-Finnic: *siima (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN