Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dōm

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *dōmaz.

Noun

*dōm m

1. judgement

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dōm
Genitive	*dōmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dōm	*dōmō, *dōmōs
Accusative	*dōm	*dōmā
Genitive	*dōmas	*dōmō
Dative	*dōmē	*dōmum
Instrumental	*dōmu	*dōmum

Derived terms

• *dōmijan
• *dōmōn

Descendants

• Old English: dōm, ᛞᚩᛗ (dóm) — Franks Casket
  • Middle English: doom, doim, dom, dome
    • English: doom
    • Middle Scots: dome, dume
• Old Frisian: dōm
  • West Frisian: doem
• Old Saxon: dōm
• Old Dutch: *duom
  • Middle Dutch: doem
    • Dutch: doem
      • Afrikaans: doem
• Old High German: tuom

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin domus.

Noun

*dōm m

1. cathedral, episcopal church

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dōm
Genitive	*dōmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dōm	*dōmō, *dōmōs
Accusative	*dōm	*dōmā
Genitive	*dōmas	*dōmō
Dative	*dōmē	*dōmum
Instrumental	*dōmu	*dōmum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *dōm
  • Middle Low German: dôm (all descendants may also be from Modern German)
    • Low German: Dom, Doom
    • → Danish: dom
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: dom
    • → Swedish: dom
• Old Dutch: duom
  • Middle Low German: doem
    • (⇒ Dutch: dom) (altered after Middle French)
• Old High German: tuom
  • Middle High German: tuom
    • German: Thum (obsolete)
      • (⇒ German: Dom) (altered after Middle French and/or Low German)
    • Luxembourgish: Doum (possibly inherited)