Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rammijaną

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

Alternative forms

• *ramjaną

Etymology

From *rammaz (“strong”) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*rammijaną

1. to make strong, strengthen
2. to bind up, secure

Inflection

Conjugation of *rammijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rammijō	*rammijaų	—	*rammijai	?
2nd singular	*rammīsi	*rammijais	*rammī	*rammijasai	*rammijaisau
3rd singular	*rammīþi	*rammijai	*rammijaþau	*rammijaþai	*rammijaiþau
1st dual	*rammijōs	*rammijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*rammijaþiz	*rammijaiþiz	*rammijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*rammijamaz	*rammijaim	—	*rammijanþai	*rammijainþau
2nd plural	*rammīþ	*rammijaiþ	*rammīþ	*rammijanþai	*rammijainþau
3rd plural	*rammijanþi	*rammijain	*rammijanþau	*rammijanþai	*rammijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rammidǭ	*rammidēdį̄
2nd singular	*rammidēz	*rammidēdīz
3rd singular	*rammidē	*rammidēdī
1st dual	*rammidēdū	*rammidēdīw
2nd dual	*rammidēdudiz	*rammidēdīdiz
1st plural	*rammidēdum	*rammidēdīm
2nd plural	*rammidēdud	*rammidēdīd
3rd plural	*rammidēdun	*rammidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*rammijandz	*rammidaz

Derived terms

• *ram(m)į̄

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rammijan
  • ⇒? Old English: remian
  • ⇒? Old Frisian: ramia, remia (alternatively allied to Proto-West Germanic *hramu)
• Old Norse: remma
  • Icelandic: remma