Proto-Germanic

*haimaz

‘home’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

16 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *haimaz, most familiar first.

• home ← hōm ← hām ← *haim
• homeless ← *homles ← hāmlēas ← hām ← *haim
• hamlet ← hamelet ← hamel ← ham ← *haim
• haunt ← haunten ← hanter ← heimta ← hāmettan
• bohemian ← bohémien ← Bohême ← Bohême ← Boiohaemum
• homelessness ← homeless ← *homles ← hāmlēas ← hām
• homely ← homly ← *hāmlīċ ← *haimalīk ← *haim
• hame ← ham ← hām ← *haim
• antihomeless ← homeless ← *homles ← hāmlēas ← hām
• hauntology ← hantologie ← hanter ← hanter ← hanter
• heyem ← heimr
• hjem ← hām ← *haim

More words from *haimaz

• homelessly
• hyem
• nonhomeless
• urheimat

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *haimaz