Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rīm

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 *rīmą.

Noun

*rīm n or m

number; count, enumeration
calculation, reckoning
account, tale
sequence, series, row or line of identical things

Inflection

Neuter

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rīm
Genitive	*rīmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rīm	*rīmu
Accusative	*rīm	*rīmu
Genitive	*rīmas	*rīmō
Dative	*rīmē	*rīmum
Instrumental	*rīmu	*rīmum

Masculine

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rīm
Genitive	*rīmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rīm	rīmō, rīmōs
Accusative	*rīm	*rīmā
Genitive	*rīmas	*rīmō
Dative	*rīmē	*rīmum
Instrumental	*rīmu	*rīmum

Derived terms

*rīman

Descendants

Old English: rīm n
- Middle English: rime, ryme
  - Scots: rime, ryme
  - English: rime, (rhyme)
Old Frisian: rīm m
- Saterland Frisian: Riem
- West Frisian: rym
Old Saxon: rīm m
- Middle Low German: rîm, rime m
  - German Low German: Riem
Frankish: *rīm
- Old Dutch: *rīm
- → Old Occitan: rim m
- → Old French: rime f (alternatively, derived from the verb Old French rimer (“to recount, rhyme”) < Frankish *rīman (“to arrange in a series”))
  - Middle French: rime
    - French: rime
  - → Old Occitan: rima
  - → Italian: rima
  - → Middle English: rime, ryme
    - English: rhyme
    - Scots: rime, rhyme
  - → Middle Dutch: rime, rijm
    - Dutch: rijm
Old High German: rīm m
- Middle High German: rīm
  - German: Reim
  - Luxembourgish: Reim