Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skīmô

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 *(s)ḱeyh₁- (“to shimmer; shadow”) with a suffix *-mô, from Proto-Indo-European *-mō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskiː.mɔːː/

Noun

*skīmô m

1. shine; luminescence
2. light; lamp

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *skīmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skīmô	*skīmaniz
vocative	*skīmô	*skīmaniz
accusative	*skīmanų	*skīmanunz
genitive	*skīminiz	*skīmanǫ̂
dative	*skīmini	*skīmammaz
instrumental	*skīminē	*skīmammiz

Related terms

• *skaimaz
• *skimalaz
• *skimarōną
• *skimatjaną
• *skimô
• *skimōną

Descendants

• Old English: sċīma; (sċima)
  • ⇒ Middle English: schym (adj)
• Old Frisian: *skīma
  • Saterland Frisian: Skieme
  • West Frisian: skim, skym
• Old Saxon: skīmo, scīmo
• Old Dutch: *skīmo
  • (Middle Dutch: schim, schem)
    • (Dutch: schim)
• Old High German: scīmo
  • Middle High German: schīme; (schëme)
• Old Norse: skími; (skimi); (skim)
  • Norwegian: skime
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 (skeima)