Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þaisimō

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

From Proto-Germanic *þaisimô.

Noun

*þaisimō m[1]

yeast

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þaisimō
Genitive	þaisimini, þaisiman
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þaisimō	*þaisiman
Accusative	*þaisiman	*þaisiman
Genitive	þaisimini, þaisiman	*þaisimanō
Dative	þaisimini, þaisiman	*þaisimum
Instrumental	þaisimini, þaisiman	*þaisimum

Alternative reconstructions

*þaismijō[2][3][4][5]

Derived terms

*þaismijan

Descendants

Old English: þǣsma
Old Saxon: *thēsimo
- Middle Low German: dêsem
Old Dutch: *thēsimo
- Middle Dutch: dêsem
  - Dutch: desem
Old High German: deismo, deisemo
- Middle High German: deisme
  - German: Deisam

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 235: “PWGmc *þaisimō”
Franck, Johannes (1892), “deesem”, in Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “Germ. *þaism(i)an-”
de Vries, Jan (1971), “desem”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “germ. *þaismian”
Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “desem”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “pgm. *þaismian”
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þaismjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 235: “PWGmc *þaisimō”

[2] Franck, Johannes (1892), “deesem”, in Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “Germ. *þaism(i)an-”

[3] Vries, Jan (1971), “desem”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “germ. *þaismian”

[4] Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “desem”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “pgm. *þaismian”

[5] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þaismjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531