Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rēmō

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin rēmus (oar).[1]

Noun[edit]

*rēmō m

  1. oar
    Synonyms: *airu, *rōþr

Inflection[edit]

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *rēmō
Genitive *rēmini, *rēman
Singular Plural
Nominative *rēmō *rēman
Accusative *rēman *rēman
Genitive *rēmini, *rēman *rēmanō
Dative *rēmini, *rēman *rēmum
Instrumental *rēmini, *rēman *rēmum

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: *rema
  • Old Frisian: rēma
  • Old Saxon: *rēmo
    • Middle Low German: rême
      • Dutch Low Saxon: reem
      • German Low German: Reem
  • Old Dutch: *riemo
  • Old High German: riemo

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kerkhof, Peter Alexander (2019 October 9) Language, law and loanwords in early medieval Gaul: language contact and studies in Gallo-Romance phonology[1], Universiteit Leiden, page 109:WGm. *rē²mō.