Heimat
German (Berlin)
/ˈhaɪ̯ma(ː)t/
noun
Definitions
- (of a person) home; homeland
- (figurative) home; homeland; place where something originated or where it is deep-rooted
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German heimuote inherited from Old High German heimōti derived from *haimōdi inherited from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (home, village, house).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*haimaz
Gloss
home, village, house
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
家
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hammond English
- urheimat English
- Aymarus Latin
- Boiohaemum Latin
- Film German
- Heimatfilm German
- Heimatland German
- Land German
- Urheimat German
- Wahl German
- Wahlheimat German
- heimatlos German
- heimatvertrieben German
- vertrieben German
- 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
- ham Old English
- hām Old English
- heim Old Norse
- heimr Old Norse
- Aymon Old French
- ham Old French
- heim Old High German
- heimuoti Old High German
- heimōti Old High German
- heimuote Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- *haim gmw-pro
- *haimōdi gmw-pro
- hēm Old Dutch
- *boio Proto-Celtic
- huam Cimbrian
- huamat Cimbrian
- *haim Frankish
- hāmyt Vilamovian