Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīmą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to customise, regulate, order, count, add”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.mɑ̃/

Noun

*rīmą n

1. calculation, number

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *rīmą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rīmą	*rīmō
vocative	*rīmą	*rīmō
accusative	*rīmą	*rīmō
genitive	*rīmas, *rīmis	*rīmǫ̂
dative	*rīmai	*rīmamaz
instrumental	*rīmō	*rīmamiz

Related terms

• *rīmaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rīm
  • Old English: rīm n
    • Middle English: rime, ryme
      • Scots: rime, ryme
      • English: rime, (rhyme)
  • Old Frisian: rīm m
    • Saterland Frisian: Riem
    • West Frisian: rym
  • Old Saxon: rīm m
    • Middle Low German: rîm, rime m
      • German Low German: Riem
  • Frankish: *rīm
    • Old Dutch: *rīm
    • → Old Occitan: rim m
    • → Old French: rime f (alternatively, derived from the verb Old French rimer (“to recount, rhyme”) < Frankish *rīman (“to arrange in a series”))
      • Middle French: rime
        • French: rime
      • → Old Occitan: rima
      • → Italian: rima
      • → Middle English: rime, ryme
        • English: rhyme
        • Scots: rime, rhyme
      • → Middle Dutch: rime, rijm
        • Dutch: rijm
  • Old High German: rīm m
    • Middle High German: rīm
      • German: Reim
      • Luxembourgish: Reim
• Old Norse: rím
  • Icelandic: rím
  • Faroese: rím
  • Norwegian: rim
  • Swedish: rim
  • Danish: rim