Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hamiþi

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 *hamō (“binding, wrapping”) +‎ *-iþi. Doublet of *kamisi (“tunic, shirt”).

Noun

*hamiþi n

1. shirt

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hamj(a)þj(a)
Genitive	*hamiþþjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hamj(a)þj(a)	*hamiþþju
Accusative	*hamj(a)þj(a)	*hamiþþju
Genitive	*hamiþþjas	*hamiþþjō
Dative	*hamiþþjē	*hamiþþjum
Instrumental	*hamiþþju	*hamiþþjum

Related terms

• *kamisi

Descendants

• Old English: hemeþe
• Old Frisian: hemethe, hamethe, hamed
  • Saterland Frisian: Hamend
    • Saterland Frisian: Hoamd
  • West Frisian: himd
• Old Saxon: hemithi
  • Middle Low German: hēmede, hemmede, hemet, heemde
    • German Low German: Hemd
    • Low German: hemd, hemde
    • Plautdietsch: Hamd
• Old Dutch: *hemithi
  • Middle Dutch: hēmede, hemde
    • Dutch: hemd
      • Afrikaans: hemp (see there for further descendants)
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: hemdu
      • Jersey Dutch: häämt
      • Negerhollands: hemmede, hemmete, hemete
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: hemde
      • Sranan Tongo: empi (see there for further descendants)
      • → Lokono: hemede
      • → Indonesian: hem (“shirt”)
      • → Mahican: hámed
      • → Munsee: héemput
      • → Unami: hèmpës
      • → West Frisian: himd
• Old High German: hemidi
  • Middle High German: hemede, hemde
    • Central Franconian: Hemb, Himb, Himd (Moselle Franconian)
    • German: Hemd
    • Luxembourgish: Hiem
    • Yiddish: העמד (hemd)
• → Late Latin: camisia (see there for further descendants)