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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sims

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Sims
Friedrich Kluge2510024An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Sims1891John Francis Davis

Sims, m. and n., ‘cornice, shelf, mantelpiece,’ from the equiv. MidHG. simȥ, simeȥ, OHG. simiȥ (OHG. simiȥstein, ‘capitellum’); a corresponding *simito- is wanting in the other Teut. languages; its pre-historic existence is proved by its kinship with Lat. sîma, ‘ogee, moulding.’ To MidHG. simeȥ belongs the prop. collective gesimeȥe, ModHG. Gesims. The derivation from Fr. cymaise (Gr. κυμάτιον) is inconceivable.