Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tīmô

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 *deh₂y-, specifically from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō. Exact cognate to Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “daemon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.mɔːː/

Noun

*tīmô m

time

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *tīmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tīmô	*tīmaniz
vocative	*tīmô	*tīmaniz
accusative	*tīmanų	*tīmanunz
genitive	*tīminiz	*tīmanǫ̂
dative	*tīmini	*tīmammaz
instrumental	*tīminē	*tīmammiz

Derived terms

*tīmōną

Related terms

*tīdiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tīmō
- Old English: tīma
  - Middle English: tyme, teme, teyme, tim, time, tym; tima, timæ, tyma
    - English: time (see there for further descendants)
    - Scots: time, teime, tim
    - Yola: deemes (plural)
- Old High German: *zīmo
  - Middle High German: *zīme
    - Alemannic German: Zimmän
Old Norse: tími
- Icelandic: tími
- Faroese: tími
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: time
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: time
- Elfdalian: taime
- Old Swedish: tīme
  - Swedish: timme, timma (from oblique)
- Danish: time

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 516-517

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 516-517