Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/reumō

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

Unknown.^[1]^[2] Possibly sharing the same base as Proto-Germanic *raipaz (“cord, cable, strap”). Compare also Old Norse reim (“thong”).^[3]

Noun

*reumō m^[1]^[4]

strap, belt

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*reumō
Genitive	riumini, reuman
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*reumō	*reuman
Accusative	*reuman	*reuman
Genitive	riumini, reuman	*reumanō
Dative	riumini, reuman	*reumum
Instrumental	riumini, reuman	*reumum

Derived terms

*reumōn

Descendants

Old English: rēoma
- Middle English: reme, ryme, rym, rim
  - Scots: rimme, rimb, ryme, rim
  - English: rymme, rimme, rim
Old Saxon: reomo, riomo
- Middle Low German: rême
  - German Low German:
    East Frisian: Reem
    
    Low Prussian, Westphalian (East Westphalian: Lippisch): Reumen
    
    Westphalian:
    Bentheimisch, Westmünsterländisch: Reem
    
    East Westphalian: Raim (Wedemarkisch)
    
    Sauerländisch: Raime, Roimen (Elpe, Meschede, Schmallenberg, Elspe, Kirchhundem, Selbecke), Rauemen (Niedersfeld), Riemen (Wenden)
    
    Westmünsterländisch: Reemen
  - → Danish: rem
  - → Old Swedish: rem, reem
    - Swedish: rem
Old Dutch: *riomo
- Middle Dutch: rieme, riem
  - Dutch: riem
    - Afrikaans: riem
      - → English: riem, reim
Old High German: riomo
- Middle High German: rieme
  - German: Riemen
  - Hunsrik: Rieme
  - Luxembourgish: Rimm

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Riemen¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 600: “wg. *reumōn”
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*reuman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “riem1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174: “PWGmc *reumō”

[EWddS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Riemen¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 600: “wg. *reumōn”

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*reuman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410

[3] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “riem1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[4] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174: “PWGmc *reumō”

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