Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nemaną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ném-e (“to allocate”). The meaning developed from the middle voice “to allocate to oneself”.[1] Kroonen however follows an alternative derivation of Kortlandt's from *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), with the initial *n- rebracketed from the perfective prefix *ga- (derived from nasal-final Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*nemaną[2][3][4]

  1. to take

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *nemaną (strong class 4)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *nemō *nemaų — *nemai ?
2nd singular *nimizi *nemaiz *nem *nemazai *nemaizau
3rd singular *nimidi *nemai *nemadau *nemadai *nemaidau
1st dual *nemōz *nemaiw — — —
2nd dual *nemadiz *nemaidiz *nemadiz — —
1st plural *nemamaz *nemaim — *nemandai *nemaindau
2nd plural *nimid *nemaid *nimid *nemandai *nemaindau
3rd plural *nemandi *nemain *nemandau *nemandai *nemaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *nam *nēmį̄
2nd singular *namt *nēmīz
3rd singular *nam *nēmī
1st dual *nēmū *nēmīw
2nd dual *nēmudiz *nēmīdiz
1st plural *nēmum *nēmīm
2nd plural *nēmud *nēmīd
3rd plural *nēmun *nēmīn
present past
participles *nemandz *numanaz

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 453
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*neman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*nemanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
  4. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “NEM-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 357
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