Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/līmaz

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

Within Germanic, related to *laimaz (“loam, mud, clay”), *laizą (“clay”) (whence Old Norse leir).

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-mo- (whence also līmus (“mud”)), from *h₂leyH- (“smear”); compare Sanskrit लयते (layate, “to cling”), Ancient Greek ἀλίνω (alínō, “to smear”), Latin linō (“to smear”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“sticky, slimy”), in which case it is cognate with *slīmą (“slime, mucus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliː.mɑz/

Noun

*līmaz f

1. glue, lime

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *līmaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*līmaz	*līmōz, *līmōs
vocative	*līm	*līmōz, *līmōs
accusative	*līmą	*līmanz
genitive	*līmas, *līmis	*līmǫ̂
dative	*līmai	*līmamaz
instrumental	*līmō	*līmamiz

Derived terms

• *līmijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *līm
  • Old English: līm
    • Middle English: lym, lim, lime, lyme
      • English: lime
  • Old Frisian: *līm
    • West Frisian: lym
  • Old Saxon: līm
    • Middle Low German: lîm
      • → Estonian: liim
  • Old Dutch: *līm
    • Middle Dutch: lijm
      • Dutch: lijm
        • Afrikaans: lym
        • Negerhollands: liem
        • → Caribbean Javanese: lèm
        • → Indonesian: lem
        • → Papiamentu: leim, lijm, lym, leimu
      • Limburgish: liem
  • Old High German: līm
    • Middle High German: līm
      • Bavarian: Laam, Loam
      • German: Leim
      • Luxembourgish: Läim
      • Pennsylvania German: Leim
• Old Norse: lím
  • Danish: lim
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lim
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lim
  • Swedish: lim
  • Icelandic: lím
  • → Finnish: liima