Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rīm

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 *rīmą.

Noun

*rīm n or m

1. number; count, enumeration
2. calculation, reckoning
3. account, tale
4. sequence, series, row or line of identical things

Inflection

Neuter

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rīm
Genitive	*rīmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rīm	*rīmu
Accusative	*rīm	*rīmu
Genitive	*rīmas	*rīmō
Dative	*rīmē	*rīmum
Instrumental	*rīmu	*rīmum

Masculine

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rīm
Genitive	*rīmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rīm	*rīmō, *rīmōs
Accusative	*rīm	*rīmā
Genitive	*rīmas	*rīmō
Dative	*rīmē	*rīmum
Instrumental	*rīmu	*rīmum

Derived terms

• *rīman

Descendants

• 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