Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gumāną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Kroonen assumes this is a stative verb created to an unattested adjective *gaumaz (“attentive”), whence also *gaumaz (“heed, attention”). The zero-grade of the verb would be a secondary development.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*gumāną[1]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *gumāną (weak class 3)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *fragumēn
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *ubargumēn
- Old English: ofergumian
- Old Norse: guma
- Icelandic: guma