Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrīm

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From the nominative stem of Proto-Germanic *hrīmô.

Noun

*hrīm m

rime, hoarfrost, hoar

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hrīm
Genitive	*hrīmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hrīm	hrīmō, hrīmōs
Accusative	*hrīm	*hrīmā
Genitive	*hrīmas	*hrīmō
Dative	*hrīmē	*hrīmum
Instrumental	*hrīmu	*hrīmum

Related terms

*hrīpō

Descendants

Old English: hrīm
- Middle English: rime, ryme
  - Scots: ryme, rime
  - English: rime
Old Frisian: *hrīm (in derivatives: hrīmich, hrīmech)
Old Dutch: *rīm
- Middle Dutch: rijm
  - Dutch: rijm
Old High German: *hrīm, *rīm
- Middle High German: rīm
  - Bavarian: Reim, Rein (Tyrol)
  - ⇒ Middle High German: rīmelen, rīmeln (“to be covered with rime”)
→ Old French: frime; frimas
- Middle French: frimas
  - French: frimas