Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaimijan

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 Proto-Germanic *klaimijaną. Equivalent to *klaim (“clay, mortar”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*klaimijan

1. to smear with clay, mortar

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*klaimijan
1st sg. past	*klaimidā
Infinitive	*klaimijan
Genitive infin.	*klaimijannjas
Dative infin.	*klaimijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*klaimijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*klaimiju	*klaimidā
2nd singular	*klaimisi	*klaimidēs, *klaimidōs
3rd singular	*klaimiþi	*klaimidē, *klaimidā
1st plural	*klaimijum	*klaimidum
2nd plural	*klaimiþ	*klaimidud
3rd plural	*klaimijanþ	*klaimidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*klaimijē	*klaimidī
2nd singular	*klaimijēs	*klaimidī
3rd singular	*klaimijē	*klaimidī
1st plural	*klaimijēm	*klaimidīm
2nd plural	*klaimijēþ	*klaimidīd
3rd plural	*klaimijēn	*klaimidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*klaimi
Plural	*klaimiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*klaimijandī	*klaimid

Descendants

• Old English: clǣman
  • Middle English: clemen
    • English: cleam
• Old Dutch: *clēmen
  • Middle Dutch: clêmen
• Old High German: *kleimen
  • ⇒ Old High German: bikleimen (“to stain”)