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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/galmi

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

Possibly inherited from Proto-Germanic *galmiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish”) or *gʰel- (“to cut”); such a formation would be paralleled by *glaimi, *hlammi, *walmi.

A connection to Old Norse -gelmir in the names of the giants Aurgelmir (i.e. Ymir), Bergelmir and Þrúðgelmir is possible,[1] though it is semantically far-fetched; furthermore, this compound element is typically connected to *galm.

Noun

*galmi m

  1. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) bundle, handful (of plants)

Inflection
i-stem
Singular
Nominative *galmi
Genitive *galmī
Singular Plural
Nominative *galmi *galmī
Accusative *galmi *galmī
Genitive *galmī *galmijō
Dative *galmī *galmim, *galmijum
Instrumental *galmī *galmim, *galmijum

Descendants
  • Old English: ġilm, ġelm
    • Middle English: yelm
      • English: yelm, yealm
  • Old Frisian: *gelm
    • West Frisian: galm (Schiermonnikoog)[2]

References
  1. R. D. Fulk (1989 August) “An Eddic Analogue to the Scyld Scefing Story”, in Anglo-Saxon England‎, volume 40, number 159, →DOI, pages 313-22
  2. Rolf Brenner (1988 December) “The Old Frisian component in Holthausen's Altenglisches etymologisches Worterbuch”, in Anglo-Saxon England‎, volume 17, →DOI, pages 5-13
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