Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tīmô

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 *deh₂y-, specifically from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō. Exact cognate to Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “daemon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.mɔːː/

Noun

*tīmô m

1. time

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *tīmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tīmô	*tīmaniz
vocative	*tīmô	*tīmaniz
accusative	*tīmanų	*tīmanunz
genitive	*tīminiz	*tīmanǫ̂
dative	*tīmini	*tīmammaz
instrumental	*tīminē	*tīmammiz

Derived terms

• *tīmōną

Related terms

• *tīdiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *tīmō
  • Old English: tīma
    • Middle English: tyme, teme, teyme, tim, time, tym, tima, timæ, tyma (Early Middle English)
      • English: time (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: time, teime, tim
      • Yola: deemes (plural)
  • Old High German: *zīmo
    • Middle High German: *zīme
      • Alemannic German: Zimmän
• Old Norse: tími
  • Icelandic: tími
  • Faroese: tími
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: time
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: time
  • Elfdalian: taime
  • Old Swedish: tīme
    • Swedish: timme, timma (from oblique)
  • Danish: time