Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frammjan

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Verb edit

*frammjan[1]

  1. to promote, to further

Inflection edit

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *frammjan
1st sg. past *framidā
Infinitive *frammjan
Genitive infin. *frammjannjas
Dative infin. *frammjannjē
Instrum. infin. *frammjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *frammju *framidā
2nd singular *framisi *framidēs, *framidōs
3rd singular *framiþi *framidē, *framidā
1st plural *frammjum *framidum
2nd plural *framiþ *framidud
3rd plural *frammjanþ *framidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *frammjē *framidī
2nd singular *frammjēs *framidī
3rd singular *frammjē *framidī
1st plural *frammjēm *framidīm
2nd plural *frammjēþ *framidīd
3rd plural *frammjēn *framidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *frami
Plural *framiþ
Present Past
Participle *frammjandī *framid

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52:PWGmc *[framʲmʲan]