Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gumāną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Kroonen assumes this is a stative verb created to an unattested adjective *gaumaz (“attentive”), whence also *gaumaz (“heed, attention”). The zero-grade of the verb would be a secondary development.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*gumāną[1]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *gumāną (weak class 3)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *fragumēn
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *ubargumēn
- Old English: ofergumian
- Old Norse: guma
- Icelandic: guma