Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hamjaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From either Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“to press”) or *ḱem- (“to cover; skin ~ clothing”). Compare *hamô (“covering, skin”) and *hamiþiją (“shirt”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of *hamjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *hammjan
- Old Norse: hemja
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*haman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206: “*hamjan-”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xam(m)janan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 158