Where does “rime” come from?
rime (Middle English) comes from Old English rīm, from Proto-Germanic rīmą, from Proto-Indo-European h₂rey-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
rime (Middle English): number
Ancestry of “rime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | rīm | counting; number, counting, reckoning;... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | rīmą | calculation, number |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂rey- | to count, count out; to arrange |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
Words derived from “rime”