hjemme
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish hemæ, hemmæ, from Old Norse heima (“at home”), an adverb from the noun heimr. Compare Swedish hemma, English at home, German daheim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɛmə/, [ˈjɛmə], [ˈjɛmm̩]
Adverb
hjemme
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: hjemme
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish hjemme (“at home, home”), from Old Danish hemæ, hemmæ, from Old Norse heima, genitive indefinite plural form of heimr (“realm, region, village, home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from o-grade form of *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) + *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Adverb
hjemme
Derived terms
References
- “hjemme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.