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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dammijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *dammaz + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑm.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dammijaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to dam

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dammijan
    • Old English: *demman
    • Old Frisian: demma, damma
    • Old Saxon: *demmian
    • Old Dutch: *demmen, *dammon
    • Old High German: *temmen
      • Old High German: bitemmen
      • Middle High German: temmen
  • Old Norse: demma
    • Icelandic: demma
    • Faroese: demma
    • Norwegian: demme
    • Old Swedish: dæmma
      • Swedish: dämma
    • Old Danish: dæmmæ
      • Danish: dæmme
    • Gutnish: däme, däm', däma
  • Gothic: *𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*dammjan)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), *đammjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
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