Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/līm

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 *līmaz.

Noun

*līm m

glue

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*līm
Genitive	*līmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*līm	līmō, līmōs
Accusative	*līm	*līmā
Genitive	*līmas	*līmō
Dative	*līmē	*līmum
Instrumental	*līmu	*līmum

Derived terms

*līmijan

Descendants

Old English: līm
- Middle English: lym, lim, lime, lyme
  - English: lime
Old Frisian: *līm
- West Frisian: lym
Old Saxon: līm
- Middle Low German: lîm
  - → Estonian: liim
Old Dutch: *līm
- Middle Dutch: lijm
  - Dutch: lijm
    - Afrikaans: lym
    - Negerhollands: liem
    - → Caribbean Javanese: lèm
    - → Indonesian: lem
    - → Papiamentu: leim, lijm, lym, leimu
  - Limburgish: liem
Old High German: līm
- Middle High German: līm
  - Bavarian: Laam, Loam
  - German: Leim
  - Luxembourgish: Läim
  - Pennsylvania German: Leim