Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/abarmēn

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 *ab- (“off”) +‎ *armēn.

Verb

*abarmēn

1. to pity

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*abarmēn
1st sg. past	*abarm?dā
Infinitive	*abarmēn
Genitive infin.	*abarmēnijas
Dative infin.	*abarmēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*abarmēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*abarmē	*abarm?dā
2nd singular	*abarmēs	*abarm?dēs, *abarm?dēs
3rd singular	*abarmēþ	*abarm?dē, *abarm?dā
1st plural	*abarmēm	*abarm?dum
2nd plural	*abarmēþ	*abarm?dud
3rd plural	*abarmēnþ	*abarm?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*abarmē	*abarm?dī
2nd singular	*abarmēs	*abarm?dī
3rd singular	*abarmē	*abarm?dī
1st plural	*abarmēm	*abarm?dīm
2nd plural	*abarmēþ	*abarm?dīd
3rd plural	*abarmēn	*abarm?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*abarmē
Plural	*abarmēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*abarmēndī	*abarm?d

Derived terms

• Proto-West Germanic: andaabarmēn or unþaabarmēn
  • Old Dutch: *antfarmon
    • Middle Dutch: ontfarmen
      • Dutch: ontfermen
        • Afrikaans: ontferm
  • Old High German: *intbarmēn
    • Middle High German: entbarmēn
      • → Middle Low German: entbarmen
      • → Middle Dutch: ontbarmen, ontbermen
    • → Old Saxon: andbėrmian
• Proto-West Germanic: uʀabarmēn
  • Old Dutch: *irfarmon
    • Middle Dutch: ervarmen
  • Old High German: irbarmēn
    • Middle High German: erbarmen
      • German: erbarmen
      • Luxembourgish: erbaarmen
      • → Middle Low German: erbarmen
    • → Old Dutch: irbarmon
      • Middle Dutch: erbarmen
        • Dutch: erbarmen

Descendants

• Old English: ofearmian
• Old High German: *barmēn
  • Middle High German: barmen
  • → Middle Low German: barmen
    • → Old Norse: barma