Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mīmrōną

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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to fall into thought, remember, care for”). Cognate with *maimrōną (“to think, ponder, muse, think out”), Latin memor (“mindful, thoughtful”), Sanskrit स्मरति (smárati, “he remembers, recollects”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːm.rɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mīmrōną

1. to think, keep in mind, be mindful, muse.

Inflection

Conjugation of *mīmrōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mīmrō	*mīmrǭ	—	*mīmrōi	?
2nd singular	*mīmrōsi	*mīmrōs	*mīmrō	*mīmrōsai	*mīmrōsau
3rd singular	*mīmrōþi	*mīmrō	*mīmrōþau	*mīmrōþai	*mīmrōþau
1st dual	*mīmrōs	*mīmrōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mīmrōþiz	*mīmrōþiz	*mīmrōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mīmrōmaz	*mīmrōm	—	*mīmrōnþai	*mīmrōnþau
2nd plural	*mīmrōþ	*mīmrōþ	*mīmrōþ	*mīmrōnþai	*mīmrōnþau
3rd plural	*mīmrōnþi	*mīmrōn	*mīmrōnþau	*mīmrōnþai	*mīmrōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mīmrōdǭ	*mīmrōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*mīmrōdēz	*mīmrōdēdīz
3rd singular	*mīmrōdē	*mīmrōdēdī
1st dual	*mīmrōdēdū	*mīmrōdēdīw
2nd dual	*mīmrōdēdudiz	*mīmrōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*mīmrōdēdum	*mīmrōdēdīm
2nd plural	*mīmrōdēdud	*mīmrōdēdīd
3rd plural	*mīmrōdēdun	*mīmrōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*mīmrōndz	*mīmrōdaz

Related terms

• *maimrōną
• *mimraz
• *maimrô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mī̆mrōn
  • Old English: mimorian, mymerian
    • Middle English: *mimmeren
      • English: mimmer
        • ⇒ English: mimmering
  • Old Frisian: *mī̆meria
    • Saterland Frisian: miemerje
    • West Frisian: mimerje
  • Old Saxon: *mīmarōn
    • Middle Low German: *mîmeren, *mîmern
      • German Low German: mimereren
      • Low German: mimeren, mimern
      • → Danish: mimre
      • → Norwegian: mimre
  • Old Dutch: *mīmaron
    • Middle Dutch: mimeren, mijmelen, mimmeren
      • Dutch: mijmeren, mimmeren