English
hyem
Hyem 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*haim‘home’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hām‘home’
- Northern Middle Englishmodernhame
- Englishearliest quotation 1848hyem
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 Englishc. 450–1150hām‘home’
- Northern Middle Englishmodernhame
- Englishearliest quotation 1848hyem
Earliest quotation: 1848, Sinks of London Laid Open:: “He had just come in,” he said, “to see…”
The story
Note that this pronunciation is not derived from Old Norse, as is sometimes assumed on the basis of Danish and Norwegian hjem - the pronunciation in Geordie is directly derivable from the Old English form by regular rules. It can also be found in some other northern dialects like Yorkshire.
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 ‘home’
through Old English hām ‘home’
through Northern Middle English hame
Today it means
noun home
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos / hyem