Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīmô

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 *sh₂éy-mn̥ ~ *sh₂i-mén-s, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”). Cognate with Irish sim, Ancient Greek ἱμάς (himás, “leather strap, well-rope”), and possibly Sanskrit सीमन् (sīmán, “border, frontier, margin”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.mɔːː/

Noun

*sīmô m

rope, cord, string

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *sīmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sīmô	*sīmaniz
vocative	*sīmô	*sīmaniz
accusative	*sīmanų	*sīmanunz
genitive	*sīminiz	*sīmanǫ̂
dative	*sīmini	*sīmammaz
instrumental	*sīminē	*sīmammiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sīmō
- Old English: sīma
- Old Frisian: sīma, sīm
  - North Frisian: seem
- Old Saxon: sīmo
Old Norse: síma
- Icelandic: síma
- Old Swedish: sīme
  - Swedish: simme
→ Proto-Finnic: *siima (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sīmōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἱμάς, -άντος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 589-90

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sīmōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἱμάς, -άντος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 589-90

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