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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”)[1]; 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

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
    • Old Dutch: *līm
    • Old High German: līm
  • Old Norse: lím
    • Danish: lim
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lim
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: lim
    • Swedish: lim
    • Icelandic: lím
    • → Finnish: liima

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*līma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
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