rim

rim · noun, verb¹

1. Old Englishrima
2. Middle Englishrim
3. English todayrim

From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

rim · verb²

From a variation of ream.

rim · noun³

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*reumō
2. Old English · inherited fromrēoma“membrane, ligament”
3. Middle English · inherited fromrim
4. English todayrim

From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.

rim · noun⁴

Unknown.

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