himil

From Proto-West Germanic *himil.

himil m

1. heaven, sky

• Middle Dutch: hēmel
  • Dutch: hemel
    • Afrikaans: hemel
  • Limburgish: hieëmel

• “himil”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *himil.

himil m (plural himila)

1. heaven, sky, ceiling

• himilzungal

• Middle High German: himel
  • Swabian: Hemmel, Hemml, Himml
  • Bavarian: Himmi, Himml
    • Cimbrian: hümmel, hümbl
  • Central Franconian: Himmel, Hemmel
    • Hunsrik: Himmel
    • Luxembourgish: Himmel
    • Transylvanian Saxon: Hemmel
  • German: Himmel
  • Rhine Franconian: Himmel
    • Pennsylvania German: Himmel
  • Yiddish: הימל (himl)

From Proto-West Germanic *himil.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhimil/

himil m

1. heaven, sky

   is bocan skinan hedro fon himiles tunglun

   His beeches were shining serenely at the stars in the sky (Heliand, verse 600)

• himilrīki

• Middle Low German: hemmel, hēmel
  • German Low German:

    Ostfriesisch (East Frisian Low Saxon): Hemel, Himmel

    Westphalian:

    Dortmundisch: Hiəmel

    Lippisch, Ravensbergisch, Westmünsterländisch: Hemmel

    Sauerländisch: Hiemel, Heämel (Wenden)

    Westmünsterländisch: Himmel

  • Plautdietsch: Himmel
  • → Norwegian: himmel
  • → Old Swedish: himil
    • Swedish: himmel
      • → Finnish: himmeli
  • → Old Danish: *himæl
    • Danish: himmel
  • → Gutnish: himmel