Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/galmi

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

Possibly inherited from Proto-Germanic *galmiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish”) or *gʰel- (“to cut”); such a formation would be paralleled by *glaimi, *hlammi, *walmi.

A connection to Old Norse -gelmir in the names of the giants Aurgelmir (i.e. Ymir), Bergelmir and Þrúðgelmir is possible[1], though it is semantically far-fetched; furthermore, this compound element is typically connected to *galm.

Noun

*galmi m

(Anglo-Frisian Germanic) bundle, handful (of plants)

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*galmi
Genitive	*galmī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*galmi	*galmī
Accusative	*galmi	*galmī
Genitive	*galmī	*galmijō
Dative	*galmī	galmim, galmijum
Instrumental	*galmī	galmim, galmijum

Descendants

Old English: ġilm, ġelm
- Middle English: yelm
  - English: yelm, yealm
Old Frisian: *gelm
- West Frisian: galm (Schiermonnikoog)[2]

References

R. D. Fulk (August 1989), “An Eddic Analogue to the Scyld Scefing Story”, in Anglo-Saxon England‎, volume 40, issue 159, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/res/XL.159.313, page 313-22
Rolf Brenner (December 1988), “The Old Frisian component in Holthausen's Altenglisches etymologisches Worterbuch”, in Anglo-Saxon England‎, volume 17, DOI:10.1017/S0263675100003987, page 5-13

[1] R. D. Fulk (August 1989), “An Eddic Analogue to the Scyld Scefing Story”, in Anglo-Saxon England‎, volume 40, issue 159, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/res/XL.159.313, page 313-22

[2] Rolf Brenner (December 1988), “The Old Frisian component in Holthausen's Altenglisches etymologisches Worterbuch”, in Anglo-Saxon England‎, volume 17, DOI:10.1017/S0263675100003987, page 5-13