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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hamiþi

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 *hamō (“binding, wrapping”) +‎ *-iþi. Doublet of *kamisi (“tunic, shirt”).

Noun

*hamiþi n[1]

  1. shirt

Inflection
Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *hamiþi
Genitive *hamiþþjas
Singular Plural
Nominative *hamiþi *hamiþþju
Accusative *hamiþi *hamiþþju
Genitive *hamiþþjas *hamiþþjō
Dative *hamiþþjē *hamiþþjum
Instrumental *hamiþþju *hamiþþjum

Descendants
  • Old English: hemeþe
  • Old Frisian: hemethe, hamethe, hamed
    • Saterland Frisian: Hamend
    • West Frisian: himd
  • Old Saxon: hemithi
    • Middle Low German: hēmede, hemmede, hemet, heemde
  • Old Dutch: *hemithi
    • Middle Dutch: hēmede, hemde
      • Dutch: hemd
        • Afrikaans: hemp (see there for further descendants)
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: hemdu
        • Jersey Dutch: häämt
        • Negerhollands: hemmede, hemmete, hemete
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: hemde
        • → Lokono: hemede
        • → Indonesian: hem (“shirt”)
        • → Mahican: hámed
        • → Munsee: héemput
        • → Sranan Tongo: empi (see there for further descendants)
        • → Unami: hèmpës
        • → West Frisian: himd
  • Old High German: hemidi
  • → Medieval Latin: camisia (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 229: “PWGmc *hamiþī”
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