Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrīm

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

From the nominative stem of Proto-Germanic *hrīmô.

Noun

*hrīm m

1. rime, hoarfrost, hoar

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hrīm
Genitive	*hrīmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hrīm	*hrīmō, *hrīmōs
Accusative	*hrīm	*hrīmā
Genitive	*hrīmas	*hrīmō
Dative	*hrīmē	*hrīmum
Instrumental	*hrīmu	*hrīmum

Related terms

• *hrīpō

Descendants

• Old English: hrīm
  • Middle English: rime, ryme
    • Scots: ryme, rime
    • English: rime
• Old Frisian: *hrīm (in derivatives: hrīmich, hrīmech)
• Old Dutch: *rīm
  • Middle Dutch: rijm
    • Dutch: rijm
• Old High German: *hrīm, *rīm
  • Middle High German: rīm
    • Bavarian: Reim, Rein (Tyrol)
    • ⇒ Middle High German: rīmelen, rīmeln (“to be covered with rime”)
• → Old French: frime; frimas
  • Middle French: frimas
    • French: frimas