Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīmaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to customise, regulate, order, count, add”). Cognate with Latin reor (“calculate, count, reckon, think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.mɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rīmaną

1. to count, enumerate

Inflection

Conjugation of *rīmaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rīmō	*rīmaų	—	*rīmai	?
2nd singular	*rīmizi	*rīmaiz	*rīm	*rīmazai	*rīmaizau
3rd singular	*rīmidi	*rīmai	*rīmadau	*rīmadai	*rīmaidau
1st dual	*rīmōz	*rīmaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*rīmadiz	*rīmaidiz	*rīmadiz	—	—
1st plural	*rīmamaz	*rīmaim	—	*rīmandai	*rīmaindau
2nd plural	*rīmid	*rīmaid	*rīmid	*rīmandai	*rīmaindau
3rd plural	*rīmandi	*rīmain	*rīmandau	*rīmandai	*rīmaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*raim	*rimį̄
2nd singular	*raimt	*rimīz
3rd singular	*raim	*rimī
1st dual	*rimū	*rimīw
2nd dual	*rimudiz	*rimīdiz
1st plural	*rimum	*rimīm
2nd plural	*rimud	*rimīd
3rd plural	*rimun	*rimīn
	present	past
participles	*rīmandz	*rimanaz

Related terms

• *rīmą
• *rīmijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *rīman
  • Old English: rīman
    • Middle English: rimen
      • Scots: rime
      • English: rime, rhyme
  • Old Frisian: *rīma
    • West Frisian: rime, rymje
  • Old Saxon: *rīman
    • Middle Low German: rîmen
      • German Low German: riemen
  • Old Dutch: *rīman
    • Middle Dutch: rimen
      • Dutch: rijmen
  • Old High German: *rīman
    • Middle High German: reimen
      • German: reimen
      • Luxembourgish: reimen