English
hjem
Hjem comes from Old English hām ‘home’, 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*haimreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hām‘home’
- Englishtodayhjem
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*haimreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hām‘home’
- Englishtodayhjem
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, proponent, exponent, posit, expound, situate, pone, situs, 67 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to be lying down, to settle’
city, civil, hide, civic, cemetery, coma, citadel, civitas, ceilidh, 31 more
through Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home’
hamlet, haunt, homelessness, bohemian, 7 more
through Proto-West Germanic *haim
through Old English hām ‘home’
Today it means
adv home.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos / hjem