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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/limu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *limuz.
Noun
*limu m
- limb, member (of the body)
- Synonym: *liþu
- branch, twig (of a tree)
- Synonyms: *ast, *telgu, *tōgō, *twīg
Inflection
u-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *limu | |
Genitive | *limō | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *limu | *limiwi, *limō |
Accusative | *limu | *limū |
Genitive | *limō | *limiwō |
Dative | *limiwi, *limō | *limum |
Instrumental | *limu | *limum |
Descendants
- Old English: lim n, lym n
- Middle English: lyme, lim
- Scots: lim, lym
- English: limb
- Middle English: lyme, lim
- Old Saxon: *limu, *lim
- Middle Low German: lem
- Old Dutch: *limu
- Middle Dutch: lēme
- Dutch: leem
- Middle Dutch: lēme