Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/neman

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nemaną.

Verb

*neman

1. to take

Inflection

Strong class 4
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

• *abaneman
• *bineman
• *franeman
• *ganeman
• *ūtneman
• *uʀneman

Related terms

• *nāmijan
• *nāmī
• *numþi

Descendants

• Old English: niman
  • Middle English: nimen, nymen
    • English: nim; numb (from past participle)
    • Scots: nim
• Old Frisian: nima, nema
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: nem

    Mooring: naame

  • Saterland Frisian: níeme
  • West Frisian: nimme
• Old Saxon: niman, neman
  • Middle Low German: nemen
    • Low German: nehmen
• Old Dutch: neman
  • Middle Dutch: nēmen
    • Dutch: nemen
      • Afrikaans: neem
      • Jersey Dutch: nême
      • Negerhollands: neem
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: nemek, name
    • Limburgish: naeme, nömme
• Old High German: neman
  • Middle High German: nëmen
    • Alemannic German: nää, nee, nèè, nä, në
    • Central Franconian: nemme

      Hunsrik: nemme

    • Cimbrian: nemmen
    • German: nehmen
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: nemme

    • Vilamovian: naoma
    • Yiddish: נעמען (nemen)