*limuz

Runic: ᛚᛁᛗᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈli.muz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

limb; member
branch; twig

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to bend, skew”, but which root in particular is uncertain: possibilities include *h₂el- (extended as *h₂l-ey-), *Heh₃l- (extended as *(H)h₃l-ey-), and *leyH-. Perhaps cognate with Latin līmus (‘askew’), but with a slightly different derivation, and/or Lithuanian liemuõ (‘log, torso’) (the latter for which Kroonen reconstructs *ley- as the base Indo-European root). Also compare *liþuz (‘joint, bend, limb’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	limuz	limiwiz
Acc.	limų	limunz
Gen.	limauz	limiwǫ̂
Dat.	limiwi	limumaz
Inst.	limū	limumiz
Voc.	limu	limiwiz

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Descendants

*limu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *limu (Old Dutch)
  - druhtlimig (Old Dutch)
*limu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *limu (Old Dutch)
  - lēme (Middle Dutch)
    - leem (Dutch)
*limu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lim, lym (Old English)
  - lyme, lim (Middle English)
    - limb (English)
    - lim, lym (Scots)
*limu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *limu, *lim (Old Saxon)
  - lem (Middle Low German)
limr (Old Norse)
- lem (Danish)
- limur (Faroese)
- limur (Icelandic)
- lem (Norwegian Bokmål)
- lem (Norwegian Nynorsk)
limr (Old Norse)
- limber (Old Swedish)
  - lem (Swedish)
lim (Old Norse)
- lem (Danish)
- limur (Faroese)
- limur (Icelandic)
- lem (Norwegian Bokmål)
- lem (Norwegian Nynorsk)
lim (Old Norse)
- limber (Old Swedish)
  - lem (Swedish)

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