cemes

cemes

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kamisi, from Latin camīsia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi. Cognate with Old High German kemis (“tunic, skirt, dress”). Doublet of hemeþe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈke.mes/
  • Initial /k/ is supported by the descendant, Middle English kemes, and is expected based on the regular evolution of short *a to a back vowel *a/*o before nasal consonants: this did not trigger palatalization of a preceding velar consonant, even when later fronted to e by i-umlaut. Compare Old English cenep (< Proto-West Germanic *kanip; Middle English kempe) and Old English cemban (< Proto-West Germanic *kambijan; Middle English kemben). Campbell 1959 marks the word twice as "ċemes"[1] and twice as "cemes"[2] without discussing the value of the consonant. If not an error/typo, the use of the spelling ċemes by Campbell would represent a pronunciation starting with /t͡ʃ/.

Noun

cemes f

  1. shirt
    būtan his kemese
    without his shirt
  2. linen nightgown, chemise

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative cemes cemesa, cemese
accusative cemese cemesa, cemese
genitive cemese cemesa
dative cemese cemesum

Descendants

  • Middle English: kemse, kemese (AB language), kemes (Northern)

References

  1. ^ Campbell, A[listair] (1959), Old English Grammar‎[1], London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 201, 205.
  2. ^ Campbell, A[listair] (1959), Old English Grammar‎[2], London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 208, 380.
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