Where does “hemeþe” come from?

hemeþe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hamiþī, from Proto-Germanic hamiþiją, from Proto-Indo-European ḱam- — part of a harness; cover, clothes.

hemeþe (Old English): shirt

Definitions

  1. shirt

Ancestry of “hemeþe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichamiþīshirt
2Proto-Germanichamiþijąshirt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱam-part of a harness; cover, clothes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱam- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hamiþiją →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hamiþī →