Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/glīmô

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 *ǵʰléy-mn̥ ~ *ǵʰli-mén-s, from *ǵʰley- (“to shine”) +‎ *-mn̥. Byform with *glaimô (whence Old High German gleimo)[1] and *glemō (whence Old High German gleomu).[2]

Noun

*glīmô n[1][3]

  1. shine, glow

Inflection

Declension of *glīmô (neuter an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *glīmô *glīmōnō
vocative *glīmô *glīmōnō
accusative *glīmô *glīmōnō
genitive *glīminiz *glīmanǫ̂
dative *glīmini *glīmammaz
instrumental *glīminē *glīmammiz

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *glīmō
    • Old Saxon: glīmo m or n (“gleam”)
    • Old High German: glīmo, glīm n (“glow-worm, firefly”)
  • Old Norse: *glíma n
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: glima, glim m or n (dialectal)
      • → Swedish: glim (dialectal)
    • Old Swedish: glima
    • → Middle English: glimme

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*glīman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181: “*glīman-; *glaiman-”
  2. ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “glisia”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
  3. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “glimma”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 191: “*glīman-”
  4. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒlīmōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
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