hom
Middle English
/hɔːm/
noun
Definitions
- home, residence, dwelling
- house, housing
- accomodation, rest
- (figuratively) seat, headquarters, centre
- (rare) village, town
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hām (home, village, community, region, country, manor, estate, house, hamlet, dwelling) derived from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (home, village, house) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (village, home, of the home, belonging to the family, kin, homely).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱóymos
Gloss
village, home, of the home, belonging to the family, kin, homely
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
村
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gotham English
- Hammond English
- hjem English
- Aymarus Latin
- Boiohaemum Latin
- Émeric French
- *kōim- Proto-Indo-European
- *kōym- Proto-Indo-European
- *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European
- *tḱóymos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European
- *haimalīkaz Proto-Germanic
- *haimatjaną Proto-Germanic
- *haimaz Proto-Germanic
- feormeham Old English
- ham Old English
- hamcyme Old English
- hamettan Old English
- hamfæreld Old English
- hamleas Old English
- hamsteall Old English
- hām Old English
- ham Middle English
- heme Middle English
- home Middle English
- heim Old Norse
- heimr Old Norse
- Aymon Old French
- ham Old French
- heim Old High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- *haim gmw-pro
- *haimōdi gmw-pro
- hēm Old Dutch
- *boio Proto-Celtic
- *genan Proto-Celtic
- *koimos Proto-Celtic
- *koymo- Proto-Celtic
- hyim Scots
- *haim Frankish
- *káimas Proto-Balto-Slavic