Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūmijan
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain[1]; perhaps from unattested *sūm, from Proto-Germanic *sūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-mó-s, from *sewH- (“to let go”)[2] + *-mós, + *-jan. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐάω (eáō, “to let (go), allow, leave alone”).
Verb edit
*sūmijan
- to let go
Inflection edit
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *sūmijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *sūmidā | |
| Infinitive | *sūmijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *sūmijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *sūmijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *sūmijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sūmiju | *sūmidā |
| 2nd singular | *sūmisi | *sūmidēs, *sūmidōs |
| 3rd singular | *sūmiþi | *sūmidē, *sūmidā |
| 1st plural | *sūmijum | *sūmidum |
| 2nd plural | *sūmiþ | *sūmidud |
| 3rd plural | *sūmijanþ | *sūmidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sūmijē | *sūmidī |
| 2nd singular | *sūmijēs | *sūmidī |
| 3rd singular | *sūmijē | *sūmidī |
| 1st plural | *sūmijēm | *sūmidīm |
| 2nd plural | *sūmijēþ | *sūmidīd |
| 3rd plural | *sūmijēn | *sūmidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *sūmi | |
| Plural | *sūmiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *sūmijandī | *sūmid |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old Frisian: *sūma
- ⇒ Old Frisian: ursūma
- Old Saxon: *sūmian
- Old Dutch: *sūmen
- Old High German: sūmen
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “säumen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 620
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “seu̯ə-, sū-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 915