Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāmijan

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-Germanic

Etymology

The functional causative-iterative of *nemaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛː.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nāmijan

1. to take, take away

Inflection

Conjugation of *nēmijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nēmijō	*nēmijaų	—	*nēmijai	?
2nd singular	*nēmīsi	*nēmijais	*nēmī	*nēmijasai	*nēmijaisau
3rd singular	*nēmīþi	*nēmijai	*nēmijaþau	*nēmijaþai	*nēmijaiþau
1st dual	*nēmijōs	*nēmijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nēmijaþiz	*nēmijaiþiz	*nēmijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nēmijamaz	*nēmijaim	—	*nēmijanþai	*nēmijainþau
2nd plural	*nēmīþ	*nēmijaiþ	*nēmīþ	*nēmijanþai	*nēmijainþau
3rd plural	*nēmijanþi	*nēmijain	*nēmijanþau	*nēmijanþai	*nēmijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nēmidǭ	*nēmidēdį̄
2nd singular	*nēmidēz	*nēmidēdīz
3rd singular	*nēmidē	*nēmidēdī
1st dual	*nēmidēdū	*nēmidēdīw
2nd dual	*nēmidēdudiz	*nēmidēdīdiz
1st plural	*nēmidēdum	*nēmidēdīm
2nd plural	*nēmidēdud	*nēmidēdīd
3rd plural	*nēmidēdun	*nēmidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*nēmijandz	*nēmidaz

Descendants

• Old English: *nǣman, ġenǣman, fornǣman