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

1. to stain

Inflection

Conjugation of *wammijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
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

• *wēmaz
• *wēmōną

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)