Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laimaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Related to *līmaz (“glue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯.mɑz/

Noun

*laimaz m

1. loam, mud, clay

Declension

masculine a-stemDeclension of *laimaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laimaz	*laimōz, *laimōs
vocative	*laim	*laimōz, *laimōs
accusative	*laimą	*laimanz
genitive	*laimas, *laimis	*laimǫ̂
dative	*laimai	*laimamaz
instrumental	*laimō	*laimamiz

Related terms

• *laimô
• *laizą
• *līmaz

Descendants

• Old English: lām
  • Middle English: lam, lame, lome
    • English: loam
    • Scots: lame, laim
• Old Frisian: *lēm
  • Saterland Frisian: Leem
  • West Frisian: liem
• Old Saxon: *lēm
  • Middle Low German: lêm, leim, lehm
    • German Low German: Lehm
• Old Dutch: leim
  • Middle Dutch: leem
    • Dutch: leem
• Old High German: leimo (from the variant *laimô)
  • Middle High German: leim, lēm
    • Bavarian: Lahm, Loam
    • German: Lehm (merged with Middle Low German)
    • Hunsrik: Lehm
    • Luxembourgish: Leem
    • Yiddish: ליים (leym)