< Reconstruction:Proto-Norse
Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚺᚨᛁᛗᚨᛉ
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
- Danish: hjem n
- Old Gutnish: haimr
- Gutnish: haim