Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/laimaz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Related to *līmaz (“glue”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯.mɑz/

Noun

*laimaz m

loam, mud, clay

Declension

masculine a-stemDeclension of *laimaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*laimaz	laimōz, laimōs
vocative	*laim	laimōz, laimōs
accusative	*laimą	*laimanz
genitive	laimas, laimis	*laimǫ̂
dative	*laimai	*laimamaz
instrumental	*laimō	*laimamiz

Related terms

*laimô
*laizą
*līmaz

Descendants

Old English: lām
- Middle English: lam, lame, lome
  - English: loam
  - Scots: lame, laim
Old Frisian: *lēm
- Saterland Frisian: Leem
- West Frisian: liem
Old Saxon: *lēm
- Middle Low German: lêm, leim, lehm
  - German Low German: Lehm
Old Dutch: leim
- Middle Dutch: leem
  - Dutch: leem
Old High German: leimo (from the variant *laimô)
- Middle High German: leim, lēm
  - Bavarian: Lahm, Loam
  - German: Lehm (merged with Middle Low German)
  - Hunsrik: Lehm
  - Luxembourgish: Leem
  - Yiddish: ליים (leym)

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