Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīmą

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 *h₂rey- (“to customise, regulate, order, count, add”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈriː.mɑ̃/

Noun

*rīmą n

calculation, number

Inflection

Declension of *rīmą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rīmą	*rīmō
vocative	*rīmą	*rīmō
accusative	*rīmą	*rīmō
genitive	rīmas, rīmis	*rīmǫ̂
dative	*rīmai	*rīmamaz
instrumental	*rīmō	*rīmamiz

Related terms

*rīmaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *rīm
- 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
Old Norse: rím
- Icelandic: rím
- Faroese: rím
- Norwegian: rim
- Swedish: rim
- Danish: rim