Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/limu

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 Proto-Germanic *limuz.

Noun

*limu m

1. limb, member (of the body)

   Synonym: *liþu

2. branch, twig (of a tree)

   Synonyms: *ast, *telgu, *tōgō, *twīg

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*limu
Genitive	*limō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*limu	*limiwi, *limō
Accusative	*limu	*limū
Genitive	*limō	*limiwō
Dative	*limiwi, *limō	*limum
Instrumental	*limu	*limum

Descendants

• Old English: lim, lym n
  • Middle English: lyme, lim
    • Scots: lim, lym
    • English: limb
• Old Saxon: *limu, *lim
  • Middle Low German: lem n (“limb”) (possibly borrowed from Scandinavian)
• Old Dutch: *limu
  • Middle Dutch: lēme (“fishbone, stubble of flax”)
    • Dutch: leem (“pine needle”)
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: druhtlimig