Etymograph

English

gimmer

Gimmer comes from Old Norse gymbr ‘one-year-old ewe lamb’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem- ‘winter’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰyem-‘winter’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gimrį̄‘a yearling ewe-lamb’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350gymbr‘one-year-old ewe lamb’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gimbyre
  5. Englishtodaygimmer

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰyem-‘winter’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gimrį̄‘a yearling ewe-lamb’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350gymbr‘one-year-old ewe lamb’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gimbyre
  5. Englishtodaygimmer

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-

Today it means

noun A ewe between one and two years old.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem- / gimmer

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