Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gimmu

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

Borrowed from Latin gemma.

Noun

*gimmu f^[1]

gem

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gimmu
Genitive	*gimmā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gimmu	*gimmō
Accusative	*gimmā	*gimmā
Genitive	*gimmā	*gimmō
Dative	*gimmē	gimmōm, gimmum
Instrumental	*gimmu	gimmōm, gimmum

Descendants

Old English: ġimm, ġim, ġym, ġymm
- Middle English: ȝimme, ȝem, ȝim, yimme; (through merger with Old French gemme, geme) gemme, geme, iemme, ieme
  - English: gem
  - Scots: gem
Old Saxon: *gimma
- Middle Low German: gimme, gemme
Old Dutch: *gimma, *gemma
- Middle Dutch: gemme
  - Dutch: gem
Old High German: gimma
- Middle High German: gimme
  - German: Gimme, Gemme

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *gimmu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *gimmu”

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