Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haim

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 *haimaz.

Noun

*haim m

1. home

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haim
Genitive	*haimas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haim	*haimō, *haimōs
Accusative	*haim	*haimā
Genitive	*haimas	*haimō
Dative	*haimē	*haimum
Instrumental	*haimu	*haimum

Derived terms

• *haimgard
• *haimōdī

Descendants

• Old English: hām
  • Middle English: hom, hoom, home, hoome, whom, om, am; hame (Northern); ham (Early Middle English)
    • English: home, -ham (partially)
    • Geordie English: hyem
    • Scots: hame
    • Yola: hime, hyme, haime
• Old Frisian: hām, hēm
  • North Frisian: hamm
  • Saterland Frisian: Heem
  • West Frisian: hiem
• Old Saxon: hēm
  • Middle Low German: hēm, heim
    • German Low German: Heem, Heim
    • Westphalian:

      Westmünsterländisch: Haim

      East Westphalian: Håime (Ravensbergisch-Lippisch)

    • Plautdietsch: Heim
• Old Dutch: hēm
  • Middle Dutch: hêem, heim
    • Dutch: heem, heim (possibly from German), -em, -hem, -gem (in placenames)
      • Afrikaans: heim
    • Limburgish: heim
• Old High German: heim
  • Middle High German: heim
    • Alemannic German: Haa, Hai, Ham, Häi

      Italian Walser: haim, heim, hemmu, hei

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: hòam, huam (Tredici Comuni, Luserna)

      Mòcheno: hoa'm

      Udinese: hame, hama

    • German: Heim
    • Luxembourgish: Heem
    • Yiddish: היים (heym)
• → Old French: ham (see there for further descendants)