Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kīmô

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 *ģiH-mon-, related to *kī- (“to split open, germinate, sprout”). More at *kīnaną.

Noun

*kīmô m

1. sprout, germ

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *kīmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kīmô	*kīmaniz
vocative	*kīmô	*kīmaniz
accusative	*kīmanų	*kīmanunz
genitive	*kīminiz	*kīmanǫ̂
dative	*kīmini	*kīmammaz
instrumental	*kīminē	*kīmammiz

Related terms

• *kīnaną
• *kinō
• *kīþą
• *kīþiz

Descendants

• Old Saxon: kīmo
  • Middle Low German: kīme
    • → Middle Dutch: kieme
      • Dutch: kiem
• Old Dutch: kīmo
  • Middle Dutch: kyme
• Old High German: kīmo
  • Middle High German: kīme
    • German: Keim
    • Luxembourgish: Kéng