Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dōm

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *dōmaz.

Noun

*dōm m

judgement

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dōm
Genitive	*dōmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dōm	dōmō, dōmōs
Accusative	*dōm	*dōmā
Genitive	*dōmas	*dōmō
Dative	*dōmē	*dōmum
Instrumental	*dōmu	*dōmum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: dōm, ᛞᚩᛗ (dóm)
- Middle English: doom, doim, dom, dome
  - English: doom
  - Middle Scots: dome, dume
Old Frisian: dōm
- West Frisian: doem
Old Saxon: dōm
Old Dutch: *duom
- Middle Dutch: doem
  - Dutch: doem
    - Afrikaans: doem
Old High German: tuom

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin domus.

Noun

*dōm m

cathedral, episcopal church

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dōm
Genitive	*dōmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dōm	dōmō, dōmōs
Accusative	*dōm	*dōmā
Genitive	*dōmas	*dōmō
Dative	*dōmē	*dōmum
Instrumental	*dōmu	*dōmum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *dōm
- Middle Low German: dôm (all descendants may also be from Modern German)
  - Low German: Dom, Doom
  - → Danish: dom
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: dom
  - → Swedish: dom
Old Dutch: duom
- Middle Low German: doem
  - (⇒ Dutch: dom) (altered after Middle French)
Old High German: tuom
- Middle High German: tuom
  - German: Thum (obsolete)
    - (⇒ German: Dom) (altered after Middle French and/or Low German)
  - Luxembourgish: Doum (possibly inherited)

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