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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/reumō

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

Unknown.[1][2] Possibly sharing the same base as Proto-Germanic *raipaz (“cord, cable, strap”). Compare also Old Norse reim (“thong”).[3]

Noun

*reumō m[1][4]

  1. strap, belt

Inflection
Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *reumō
Genitive *riumini, *reuman
Singular Plural
Nominative *reumō *reuman
Accusative *reuman *reuman
Genitive *riumini, *reuman *reumanō
Dative *riumini, *reuman *reumum
Instrumental *riumini, *reuman *reumum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: rēoma
  • Old Saxon: reomo, riomo
    • Middle Low German: rême
      • German Low German:
        East Frisian: Reem
        Low Prussian, Westphalian (East Westphalian: Lippisch): Reumen
        Westphalian:
        Bentheimisch, Westmünsterländisch: Reem
        East Westphalian: Raim (Wedemarkisch)
        Sauerländisch: Raime, Roimen (Elpe, Meschede, Schmallenberg, Elspe, Kirchhundem, Selbecke), Rauemen (Niedersfeld), Riemen (Wenden)
        Westmünsterländisch: Reemen
      • → Danish: rem
      • → Old Swedish: rem, reem
  • Old Dutch: *riomo
  • Old High German: riomo
    • Middle High German: rieme

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Riemen1”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 600: “wg. *reumōn”
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*reuman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
  3. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “riem1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  4. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174: “PWGmc *reumō”
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