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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From the nominative stem of Proto-Germanic *hrīmô.
Noun
*hrīm m
- rime, hoarfrost, hoar
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*hrīm
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| Genitive
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*hrīmas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*hrīm
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*hrīmō, *hrīmōs
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| Accusative
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*hrīm
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*hrīmā
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| Genitive
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*hrīmas
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*hrīmō
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| Dative
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*hrīmē
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*hrīmum
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| Instrumental
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*hrīmu
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*hrīmum
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Descendants
- Old English: hrīm
- Old Frisian: *hrīm (in derivatives: hrīmich, hrīmech)
- Old Dutch: *rīm
- Old High German: *hrīm, *rīm
- Middle High German: rīm
- Bavarian: Reim, Rein (Tyrol)
- ⇒ Middle High German: rīmelen, rīmeln (“to be covered with rime”)
- → Old French: frime; frimas