Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/neman
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *nemaną.
Verb edit
*neman[1]
- to take
Inflection edit
Strong class 4 | ||
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Infinitive | *neman | |
1st sg. past | *nam | |
3rd pl. past | *nāmun | |
Past ptcple | *numan | |
Infinitive | *neman | |
Genitive infin. | *nemannjas | |
Dative infin. | *nemannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *nemannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *nemu | *nam |
2nd singular | *nimiʀi | *nāmī |
3rd singular | *nimidi | *nam |
1st plural | *nemum | *nāmum |
2nd plural | *nimid | *nāmud |
3rd plural | *nemand | *nāmun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *nemē | *nāmī |
2nd singular | *nemēs | *nāmī |
3rd singular | *nemē | *nāmī |
1st plural | *nemēm | *nāmīm |
2nd plural | *nemēþ | *nāmīd |
3rd plural | *nemēn | *nāmīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *nim | |
Plural | *nimid | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *nemandī | *numan |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: niman
- Old Frisian: nima, nema
- Old Saxon: niman, neman
- Old Dutch: neman
- Old High German: neman
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *neman”