Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līm

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 *līmaz.

Noun

*līm m

1. glue

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*līm
Genitive	*līmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*līm	*līmō, *līmōs
Accusative	*līm	*līmā
Genitive	*līmas	*līmō
Dative	*līmē	*līmum
Instrumental	*līmu	*līmum

Derived terms

• *līmijan

Descendants

• Old English: līm
  • Middle English: lym, lim, lime, lyme
    • English: lime
• Old Frisian: *līm
  • West Frisian: lym
• Old Saxon: līm
  • Middle Low German: lîm
    • → Estonian: liim
• Old Dutch: *līm
  • Middle Dutch: lijm
    • Dutch: lijm
      • Afrikaans: lym
      • Negerhollands: liem
      • → Caribbean Javanese: lèm
      • → Indonesian: lem
      • → Papiamentu: leim, lijm, lym, leimu
    • Limburgish: liem
• Old High German: līm
  • Middle High German: līm
    • Bavarian: Laam, Loam
    • German: Leim
    • Luxembourgish: Läim
    • Pennsylvania German: Leim