Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haim

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

From Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Noun

*haim m

home

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haim(a)
Genitive	*haimas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haim(a)	*haimōs
Accusative	*haim(a)	*haimā
Genitive	*haimas	*haimō
Dative	*haimē	*haimum
Instrumental	*haimu	*haimum

Derived terms

*haimgard
*haimōdī

Descendants

Old English: hām
- Middle English: hom, hoom, home, hoome, whom, om, am, hame (Northern), heem (pseudo-Northern), ham (Early Middle English)
  - English: home, -ham (partially)
    Geordie: hyem
  - Scots: hame
  - Yola: hime, hyme, haime
Old Frisian: hām, hēm
- North Frisian: hamm
- Saterland Frisian: Heem
- West Frisian: hiem
Old Saxon: hēm
- Middle Low German: hēm, heim
  - German Low German: Heem, Heim
  - Westphalian:
    Westmünsterländisch: Haim
    
    East Westphalian: Håime (Ravensbergisch-Lippisch)
  - Plautdietsch: Heim
Old Dutch: hēm
- Middle Dutch: hêem, heim
  - Dutch: heem, heim (possibly from German), -em, -hem, -gem (in placenames)
    - Afrikaans: heim
  - Limburgish: heim
Old High German: heim, haim
- Middle High German: heim
  - Alemannic German: Haa, Hai, Ham, Häi
    Italian Walser: haim, heim, hemmu, hei
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: hòam, huam (Tredici Comuni, Luserna), hame (Sappada, Sauris)
    
    Mòcheno: hoa'm
    
    Udinese: hame, hama
  - German: Heim
  - Luxembourgish: Heem
  - Vilamovian: ham, hām, haom
  - Yiddish: היים (heym)
→ Old French: ham (see there for further descendants)