Proto-West Germanic

*haim

‘home’

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

11 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *haim, most familiar first.

• home ← hōm ← hām
• homeless ← *homles ← hāmlēas ← hām
• homelessness ← homeless ← *homles ← hāmlēas ← hām
• homely ← homly ← *hāmlīċ ← *haimalīk
• hame ← ham ← hām
• antihomeless ← homeless ← *homles ← hāmlēas ← hām
• hjem ← hām
• homelessly ← homeless ← *homles ← hāmlēas ← hām
• hyem ← hame ← hām
• nonhomeless ← homeless ← *homles ← hāmlēas ← hām
• urheimat ← Heimat ← heimuote ← heimōti ← *haimōdī

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *haim