Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚺᚨᛁᛗᚨᛉ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”). See further there.

Noun

*ᚺᚨᛁᛗᚨᛉ (*haimaʀ) m

home, world

Usage notes

The exact sense this word had in Proto-Norse is unclear.

Derived terms

*ᚺᚨᛁᛗᚨᚾᚨ (*haimana, “from home”)

Descendants

Old Norse: heimr, haimr; hæimr
- Icelandic: heimur m, heim n
- Faroese: heimur m, heim n
- Norn: hem
- Norwegian Nynorsk: heim m
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: heim m
- Elfdalian: iem
- Westrobothnian: heim, häim, haim, heimer-
- Old Swedish: hēmber m, hēm n
  - Swedish: hem n
- Old Danish: hēm, hiem
  - Danish: hjem n
    - Norwegian Bokmål: hjem n
- Old Gutnish: haimr
  - Gutnish: haim