Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rām

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *rēmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁-mó-s, from *h₂reh₁- (“to think; to arrange”) +‎ *-mós.

Noun

*rām m

  1. goal, aim
Declension
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *rām(a)
Genitive *rāmas
Singular Plural
Nominative *rām(a) *rāmōs
Accusative *rām(a) *rāmā
Genitive *rāmas *rāmō
Dative *rāmē *rāmum
Instrumental *rāmu *rāmum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *rām, *rōm
  • Old Dutch: *rām
  • Old High German: rām
    • Middle High German: rām

Etymology 2

Byform of *rāmi, from Proto-Germanic *rēmiz (“blackness, dirt”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁mós (“dark, dirty”).

Noun

*rām m

  1. dirt, grime
  2. rust, tarnish
Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *rām(a)
Genitive *rāmas
Singular Plural
Nominative *rām(a) *rāmōs
Accusative *rām(a) *rāmā
Genitive *rāmas *rāmō
Dative *rāmē *rāmum
Instrumental *rāmu *rāmum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *rām
    • Middle Low German: râm
  • Old Dutch: *rām
    • Middle Dutch: *raem, *room
      • Limburgish: roam (“mold, mildew”)
  • Old High German: rām
    • Middle High German: rām, rān
      • German: Rahm (“accumulation of soot, crust of dirt”) (archaic)
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