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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kīmô

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 *ģiH-mon-, related to *kī- (“to split open, germinate, sprout”). More at *kīnaną.[1]

Noun

*kīmô m

  1. sprout, germ

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *kīmô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kīmô *kīmaniz
vocative *kīmô *kīmaniz
accusative *kīmanų *kīmanunz
genitive *kīminiz *kīmanǫ̂
dative *kīmini *kīmammaz
instrumental *kīminē *kīmammiz

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: kīmo
  • Old Dutch: kīmo
    • Middle Dutch: kyme
  • Old High German: kīmo

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kīman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287
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