Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grōm

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

From Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow”).

Noun

*grōm n

1. growth, swelling
2. belly, womb, entrails
3. fetus, womb-child

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*grōm
Genitive	*grōmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*grōm	*grōmu
Accusative	*grōm	*grōmu
Genitive	*grōmas	*grōmō
Dative	*grōmē	*grōmum
Instrumental	*grōmu	*grōmum

Related terms

• *grōan

Descendants

Note: Many descendants were conflated with Proto-West Germanic *grum (“granule, grit, dirt, speck”).

• Old English: *grōm
  • ⇒ Old English: *grōma
• Old Frisian: *grōm
  • West Frisian: grom, gram, grim
• Old Saxon: *grōm
  • Middle Low German: grôm, grom, grum
• Old Dutch: *grōm
  • Middle Dutch: grom
    • Dutch: grom