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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīmô

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 *sh₂éy-mn̥ ~ *sh₂i-mén-s, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”). Cognate with Irish sim, Ancient Greek ἱμάς (himás, “leather strap, well-rope”), and possibly Sanskrit सीमन् (sīmán, “border, frontier, margin”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsiː.mɔːː/

Noun

*sīmô m

  1. rope, cord, string

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *sīmô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sīmô *sīmaniz
vocative *sīmô *sīmaniz
accusative *sīmanų *sīmanunz
genitive *sīminiz *sīmanǫ̂
dative *sīmini *sīmammaz
instrumental *sīminē *sīmammiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sīmō
    • Old English: sīma
    • Old Frisian: sīma, sīm
    • Old Saxon: sīmo
  • Old Norse: síma
    • Icelandic: síma
    • Old Swedish: sīme
      • Swedish: simme
  • → Proto-Finnic: *siima (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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