English
homewards
Homewards comes from Middle English homwardes ‘homeward, homewards’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *haimawarda.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimawardareconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hāmweardas hāmweardes‘homeward’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500homwardes‘homeward, homewards’
- Englishtodayhomewards
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haimawardareconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hāmweardas hāmweardes‘homeward’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500homwardes‘homeward, homewards’
- Englishtodayhomewards
Formed from home + -wards
Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home, village’
Proto-West Germanic *haim ‘home’
Old English hām ‘home’
Middle English hom ‘home’
English home
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *haimawarda
Today it means
adj Leading toward home.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *haimawarda / homewards