Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wōmijaną

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *wōmaz (“sound, noise”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈwɔː.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*wōmijaną^[1]

to sound, make a noise

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *wōmijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wōmijō	*wōmijaų	—	*wōmijai	?
2nd singular	*wōmīsi	*wōmijais	*wōmī	*wōmijasai	*wōmijaisau
3rd singular	*wōmīþi	*wōmijai	*wōmijaþau	*wōmijaþai	*wōmijaiþau
1st dual	*wōmijōs	*wōmijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wōmijaþiz	*wōmijaiþiz	*wōmijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wōmijamaz	*wōmijaim	—	*wōmijanþai	*wōmijainþau
2nd plural	*wōmīþ	*wōmijaiþ	*wōmīþ	*wōmijanþai	*wōmijainþau
3rd plural	*wōmijanþi	*wōmijain	*wōmijanþau	*wōmijanþai	*wōmijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wōmidǭ	*wōmidēdį̄
2nd singular	*wōmidēz	*wōmidēdīz
3rd singular	*wōmidē	*wōmidēdī
1st dual	*wōmidēdū	*wōmidēdīw
2nd dual	*wōmidēdudiz	*wōmidēdīdiz
1st plural	*wōmidēdum	*wōmidēdīm
2nd plural	*wōmidēdud	*wōmidēdīd
3rd plural	*wōmidēdun	*wōmidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wōmijandz	*wōmidaz

Related terms edit

*wōmatjaną

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *wōmijan
- Old English: wēman
Old Norse: œma
- Norwegian Nynorsk: øma

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wōmjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 470

[Orel-1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wōmjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 470

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