Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wammijaną

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

Etymology

From *wammaz (“spot, stain”) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*wammijaną

to stain

Inflection

Conjugation of *wammijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*wammijō	*wammijaų	—	*wammijai	?
2nd singular	*wammīsi	*wammijais	*wammī	*wammijasai	*wammijaisau
3rd singular	*wammīþi	*wammijai	*wammijaþau	*wammijaþai	*wammijaiþau
1st dual	*wammijōs	*wammijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wammijaþiz	*wammijaiþiz	*wammijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wammijamaz	*wammijaim	—	*wammijanþai	*wammijainþau
2nd plural	*wammīþ	*wammijaiþ	*wammīþ	*wammijanþai	*wammijainþau
3rd plural	*wammijanþi	*wammijain	*wammijanþau	*wammijanþai	*wammijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wammidǭ	*wammidēdį̄
2nd singular	*wammidēz	*wammidēdīz
3rd singular	*wammidē	*wammidēdī
1st dual	*wammidēdū	*wammidēdīw
2nd dual	*wammidēdudiz	*wammidēdīdiz
1st plural	*wammidēdum	*wammidēdīm
2nd plural	*wammidēdud	*wammidēdīd
3rd plural	*wammidēdun	*wammidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*wammijandz	*wammidaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wammijan
- Old English: wemman
  - Middle English: wemmen
    - Scots: wem
    - English: wem
- Old Frisian: wemma
- Old Saxon: wemmian
  - >? Middle Low German: wemmen
- Old High German: *wemmen
  - >? Middle High German: wimmen, wimen
  - ⇒ Old High German: giwemmit (“stained, spotted, flecked”, ppt)
  - ⇒ Old High German: wemmāri (“corruptor”)
  - ⇒ Old High German: biwemmen
  - ⇒ Old High German: giwemman)
Old Norse: *vemja
- Danish: væmmes
- Old Swedish: væmia
  - Swedish: vämjas
Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*wammjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (anawammjan)