Etymograph

English

Heim

Heim comes from German Heim ‘home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóymos‘village, home’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimaz‘home’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haim‘home’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050heim‘home, house’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form‘home, house’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentHeim‘home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóymos‘village, home’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimaz‘home’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haim‘home’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050heim‘home, house’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form‘home, house’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentHeim‘home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos / Heim

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