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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/himil

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

Uncertain; possibly:

Assuming a nasal dissimilation of Proto-Germanic *hemnaz to *hebnaz, doublet with *hebun.[5]

Noun

*himil m[6]

  1. sky
    Synonyms: *hebun, *luftu
  2. heaven
    Synonym: *hebun

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *himil
Genitive *himilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *himil *himilō, *himilōs
Accusative *himil *himilā
Genitive *himilas *himilō
Dative *himilē *himilum
Instrumental *himilu *himilum

Derived terms

  • *himilittjan
    • Proto-West Germanic: *himiliti

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Braune, W. (1891) Althochdeutsche Grammatik, Halle, page 94
  2. Wachter, R. (1997), “Das indogermanische Wort fiir 'Sonne' und die angebliche Gruppe der l/n-Heteroklitika”, in Historische Sprachforschung, page 18
  3. Pedersen, H. (1893), “Rn Stamme”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung, page 145
  4. Vries (1992) (please provide the title of the work)
  5. Pokorny, Julius (1959), 3. k̂em-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 556-557
  6. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 272: “PWGmc *himil”
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