Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sōmijaną

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 *sōmiz (“fitting, seemly”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔː.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sōmijaną

1. to fit, unite, make one

Inflection

Conjugation of *sōmijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sōmijō	*sōmijaų	—	*sōmijai	?
2nd singular	*sōmīsi	*sōmijais	*sōmī	*sōmijasai	*sōmijaisau
3rd singular	*sōmīþi	*sōmijai	*sōmijaþau	*sōmijaþai	*sōmijaiþau
1st dual	*sōmijōs	*sōmijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sōmijaþiz	*sōmijaiþiz	*sōmijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*sōmijamaz	*sōmijaim	—	*sōmijanþai	*sōmijainþau
2nd plural	*sōmīþ	*sōmijaiþ	*sōmīþ	*sōmijanþai	*sōmijainþau
3rd plural	*sōmijanþi	*sōmijain	*sōmijanþau	*sōmijanþai	*sōmijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sōmidǭ	*sōmidēdį̄
2nd singular	*sōmidēz	*sōmidēdīz
3rd singular	*sōmidē	*sōmidēdī
1st dual	*sōmidēdū	*sōmidēdīw
2nd dual	*sōmidēdudiz	*sōmidēdīdiz
1st plural	*sōmidēdum	*sōmidēdīm
2nd plural	*sōmidēdud	*sōmidēdīd
3rd plural	*sōmidēdun	*sōmidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*sōmijandz	*sōmidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sōmijan
  • Old English: sēman
    • Middle English: semen, seme, semi
• Old Norse: sǿma
  • Icelandic: sæma
  • Faroese: søma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: søma
  • Old Swedish: sø̄ma
  • Danish: sømme
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sømme
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: sømma
  • → Middle English: semen, cemyn, seeme, seemen, seme, semy, semyn
    • English: seem
    • Scots: seem