Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gimmu

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

Borrowed from Latin gemma.

Noun

*gimmu f[1]

  1. gem

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *gimmu
Genitive *gimmā
Singular Plural
Nominative *gimmu *gimmō
Accusative *gimmā *gimmā
Genitive *gimmā *gimmō
Dative *gimmē *gimmōm, *gimmum
Instrumental *gimmu *gimmōm, *gimmum

Descendants

  • Old English: ġimm, ġim, ġym, ġymm
    • Middle English: ȝimme, ȝem, ȝim, yimme; (through merger with Old French gemme, geme) gemme, geme, iemme, ieme
  • Old Saxon: *gimma
  • Old Dutch: *gimma, *gemma
  • Old High German: gimma

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *gimmu”
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