Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/limu

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 *limuz.

Noun

*limu m

limb, member (of the body)
Synonym: *liþu
branch, twig (of a tree)
Synonyms: *ast, *telgu, *tōgō, *twīg

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*limu
Genitive	*limō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*limu	limiwi, limō
Accusative	*limu	*limū
Genitive	*limō	*limiwō
Dative	limiwi, limō	*limum
Instrumental	*limu	*limum

Descendants

Old English: lim, lym n
- Middle English: lyme, lim
  - Scots: lim, lym
  - English: limb
Old Saxon: *limu, *lim
- Middle Low German: lem n (“limb”) (possibly borrowed from Scandinavian)
Old Dutch: *limu
- Middle Dutch: lēme (“fishbone, stubble of flax”)
  - Dutch: leem (“pine needle”)
- ⇒ Old Dutch: druhtlimig

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