Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rēmō

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 rēmus (“oar”).[1]

Noun

*rēmō m

  1. oar
    Synonyms: *airu, *rōþr

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *rēmō
Genitive *rēmini, *rēman
Singular Plural
Nominative *rēmō *rēman
Accusative *rēman *rēman
Genitive *rēmini, *rēman *rēmanō
Dative *rēmini, *rēman *rēmum
Instrumental *rēmini, *rēman *rēmum

Descendants

  • Old English: *rēma
  • Old Frisian: rēma
    • North Frisian:
      Föhr-Amrum: riam
      Halligen: riime
      Sylt: Rem
    • West Frisian: riemme, rieme, riem
      Hindeloopen: reeme
      Schiermonnikoog: riem
      Terschelling: riem
  • Old Saxon: *rēmo
    • Middle Low German: rême
      • Dutch Low Saxon: reem
      • German Low German: Reem
  • Old Dutch: *riemo
    • Middle Dutch: rieme
  • Old High German: riemo
    • Middle High German: rieme

References

  1. ^ Kerkhof, Peter Alexander (9 October 2019) Language, law and loanwords in early medieval Gaul: language contact and studies in Gallo-Romance phonology‎[1], Universiteit Leiden, page 109: “WGm. *rē²mō”.
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