English
Hime
Hime comes from German Heim ‘home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóymos‘village, home’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimaz‘home’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haim‘home’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050heim‘home, house’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form‘home, house’
- Germanc. 1650–presentHeim‘home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home’
- EnglishtodayHime
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóymos‘village, home’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimaz‘home’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haim‘home’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050heim‘home, house’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form‘home, house’
- Germanc. 1650–presentHeim‘home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home’
- EnglishtodayHime
The story
Americanized spelling of German Heim.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to settle, dwell’
post, site, position, situation, positive, purpose, suppose, opponent, compound, propose, expose, impose, consolation, dispose, compose, repository, homelessness, proponent, exponent, posit, expound, situate, pone, situs, 68 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to be lying down, to settle’
city, civil, hide, civic, cemetery, coma, citadel, civitas, ceilidh, 32 more
through Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home’
homeless, hamlet, haunt, bohemian, homely, 9 more
through Proto-West Germanic *haim ‘home’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos / Hime