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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skim(m)rōn

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 *skimōn (“to gleam, give shadow”) +‎ *-rōn.[1]

Verb

*skim(m)rōn

  1. (frequentative) to shimmer
  2. to become dusk

Inflection
Class 2 weak
Infinitive *skim(m)rōn
1st sg. past *skim(m)rōdā
Infinitive *skim(m)rōn
Genitive infin. *skim(m)rōnijas
Dative infin. *skim(m)rōnijē
Instrum. infin. *skim(m)rōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *skim(m)rō *skim(m)rōdā
2nd singular *skim(m)rōs *skim(m)rōdēs, *skim(m)rōdōs
3rd singular *skim(m)rōþ *skim(m)rōdē, *skim(m)rōdā
1st plural *skim(m)rōm *skim(m)rōdum
2nd plural *skim(m)rōþ *skim(m)rōdud
3rd plural *skim(m)rōnþ *skim(m)rōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *skim(m)rō *skim(m)rōdī
2nd singular *skim(m)rōs *skim(m)rōdī
3rd singular *skim(m)rō *skim(m)rōdī
1st plural *skim(m)rōm *skim(m)rōdīm
2nd plural *skim(m)rōþ *skim(m)rōdīd
3rd plural *skim(m)rōn *skim(m)rōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *skim(m)rō
Plural *skim(m)rōþ
Present Past
Participle *skim(m)rōndī *skim(m)rōd

Descendants
  • Old English: scimrian, scymrian, scimerian
  • Old Frisian: *skimria
    • West Frisian: skimerje
  • Old Saxon: *skimarōn
  • Old Dutch: *skimaron
  • Old High German: *skimmarōn
    • Middle High German: schimmeren

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*skimōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 340: “*skimrōjanan”
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