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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/neman

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nemaną.

Verb

*neman[1]

  1. to take

Inflection

Strong class 4
Infinitive *neman
1st sg. past *nam
3rd pl. past *nāmun
Past ptcple *numan, *noman
Infinitive *neman
Genitive infin. *nemannjas
Dative infin. *nemannjē
Instrum. infin. *nemannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *nemu *nam
2nd singular *nimiʀi *nāmī
3rd singular *nimidi *nam
1st plural *nemum *nāmum
2nd plural *nimid *nāmud
3rd plural *nemand *nāmun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *nemē *nāmī
2nd singular *nemēs *nāmī
3rd singular *nemē *nāmī
1st plural *nemēm *nāmīm
2nd plural *nemēþ *nāmīd
3rd plural *nemēn *nāmīn
Imperative Present
Singular *nem
Plural *nimid
Present Past
Participle *nemandī *numan, *noman

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: niman
    • Middle English: nimen, nymen
      • English: nim; numb (from past participle)
      • Scots: nim
  • Old Frisian: nima, nema
  • Old Saxon: niman, neman
  • Old Dutch: neman
  • Old High German: neman

References

  1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *neman”
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