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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nemaną

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ném-e (to allocate). The meaning developed from the middle voice “to allocate to oneself”.[1] Kroonen has an alternative etymology from *h₁em- (to take, distribute).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈne.mɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nemaną

  1. to take

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *nēmijaz
  • *nēmilaz
  • *nēmō
  • *nemulaz
  • *numulaz

Descendants

References

  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 453
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “Neman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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