Where does “Feim” come from?

Feim (German) comes from Middle High German feim, from Old High German feim, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poHy-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poH(y)-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

Feim (German): heap of layered grain

Definitions

  1. heap of layered grain

Ancestry of “Feim”, step by step

Feim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German feim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanfeim
2Old High Germanfeim
3Proto-West Germanic*faimfoam, froth
4Proto-Germanicfaimazfoam
5Proto-Indo-European(s)poHy-m-os
6Proto-Indo-European(s)poH(y)-foam
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

via Middle High German veim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanveim
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)poH(y)-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)poHy-m-os