Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rāmēn
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *rām (“goal, aim”) + *-ēn.
Verb
[edit]*rāmēn[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *rāmēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *rām?dā | |
| Infinitive | *rāmēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *rāmēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *rāmēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *rāmēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *rāmē | *rām?dā |
| 2nd singular | *rāmēs | *rām?dēs, *rām?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *rāmēþ | *rām?dē, *rām?dā |
| 1st plural | *rāmēm | *rām?dum |
| 2nd plural | *rāmēþ | *rām?dud |
| 3rd plural | *rāmēnþ | *rām?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *rāmē | *rām?dī |
| 2nd singular | *rāmēs | *rām?dī |
| 3rd singular | *rāmē | *rām?dī |
| 1st plural | *rāmēm | *rām?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *rāmēþ | *rām?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *rāmēn | *rām?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *rāmē | |
| Plural | *rāmēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *rāmēndī | *rām?d |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *rāmōn
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: rōmian, rōmiġan
- Old Frisian: ramia, remia, rammia
- Old Saxon: rōmon, rōmigan, ruomon, rūmian, rūmon
- Old Dutch: *rāmon
- Old High German: rāmēn, rāmōn
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143: “PWGmc *rāmē-”
- ^ Frischbier, H. (1883) “råmen”, in Preußisches Wörterbuch. Ost- und westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer Folge[1], volumes II: L – Z, Berlin: Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin, page 211