Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rām

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 *rēmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁-mó-s, from *h₂reh₁- (“to think; to arrange”) +‎ *-mós.

Noun

*rām m

1. goal, aim

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rām
Genitive	*rāmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rām	*rāmō, *rāmōs
Accusative	*rām	*rāmā
Genitive	*rāmas	*rāmō
Dative	*rāmē	*rāmum
Instrumental	*rāmu	*rāmum

Derived terms

• *rāmēn

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *rōm
  • Middle Low German: râm, räm, râme
• Old Dutch: *rām
  • Middle Dutch: raem
    • Dutch: raam
• Old High German: rām
  • Middle High German: rām