Etymograph

English

heyem

Heyem comes from Old Norse heimr ‘realm, region within walking distance to a…’, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home, house, village’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to settle’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱey-‘to settle’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóymos‘village, home’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimaz‘home, house, village’reconstructed
  4. Old Norsec. 800–1350heimr‘realm, region within walking distance to a þing parliament, land’
  5. Englishtodayheyem

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱey-‘to settle’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóymos‘village, home’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimaz‘home, house, village’reconstructed
  4. Old Norsec. 800–1350heimr‘realm, region within walking distance to a þing parliament, land’
  5. Englishtodayheyem

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to settle’

city, civil, hide, civic, cemetery, coma, citadel, civitas, ceilidh, 31 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos ‘village, home’

homely, 4 more

through Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home, house, village’

home, hamlet, haunt, bohemian, hame, 10 more

Today it means

adv home

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- / heyem

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