heim

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German word heim comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos, Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, and later Proto-Germanic *haimaz (Home. House. Village.)

*ḱóymos (Proto-Indo-European)

*ḱe- (Proto-Indo-European)

*haimaz (Proto-Germanic)

Home. House. Village.

*haim (Frankish)

Home. Village.

heim (Old High German)

heim (Middle High German)

Heim (German)

Asylum. Home. Hostel.

heim (German)

Home; always as a direction, thus never in the sense of at home.

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