Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klammjan
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editPresumably from Proto-Germanic *klamjaną, of unclear further etymology. If considering the material that formed clasps or clamps, namely wood or metal, then it can be derived from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“clasp; mass”), from *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). In North Germanic all three phases of ablaut appear, klimp (“small lump”), klamp (“wooden or iron clamp”), and klump (“clump, clog”).[1] Compare *klumpō.
Verb
edit*klammjan
Inflection
editClass 1 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *klammjan | |
1st sg. past | *klamidā | |
Infinitive | *klammjan | |
Genitive infin. | *klammjannjas | |
Dative infin. | *klammjannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *klammjannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *klammju | *klamidā |
2nd singular | *klamisi | *klamidēs, *klamidōs |
3rd singular | *klamiþi | *klamidē, *klamidā |
1st plural | *klammjum | *klamidum |
2nd plural | *klamiþ | *klamidud |
3rd plural | *klammjanþ | *klamidun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *klammjē | *klamidī |
2nd singular | *klammjēs | *klamidī |
3rd singular | *klammjē | *klamidī |
1st plural | *klammjēm | *klamidīm |
2nd plural | *klammjēþ | *klamidīd |
3rd plural | *klammjēn | *klamidīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *klami | |
Plural | *klamiþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *klammjandī | *klamid |
Alternative reconstructions
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: clemman, clæmman
- Old Frisian: klemma
- Old Saxon: *klemmian
- Old Dutch: *klemmen
- Old High German: klemmen