*hrōmiz

Runic: ᚺᚱᛟᛗᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxrɔː.miz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

fame

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kroH-mo-s, from *kreH- (‘to shout’). See *hrōþiz (‘praise, glory’) for cognates. Possible source of Old English brēme, brœ̄me (‘famous’), as a conflation of *bi- + *hrōmiz > Pre-English **bromiz.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.hrōmizhrōmīz
Acc.hrōmįhrōminz
Gen.hrōmīzhrōmijǫ̂
Dat.hrōmīhrōmimaz
Inst.hrōmīhrōmimiz
Voc.hrōmihrōmīz

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Descendants

  • *hrōmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *ruom (Old Dutch)
      • roem (Middle Dutch)
        • roem (Dutch)
          • roem (Afrikaans)
  • *hrōmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brēme, brœ̄me (Old English)
      • brem, breme (Middle English)
        • breme (English)
        • breme (Scots)
  • *hrōmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ruom, hruom (Old High German)
      • ruom (Middle High German)
        • Ruhm, berühmt (German)
  • *hrōmi (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hrōm (Old Saxon)
      • hrōm (Middle Low German)

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