Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harmijaną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxar.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From *harmaz (to harm, pain) +‎ *-janą or *harmaz (to harmful, painful) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*harmijaną

  1. to harm, injure, pain
  2. to shame
Inflection
Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *harmijō *harmijaų *harmijai ?
2nd singular *harmīsi *harmijais *harmī *harmijasai *harmijaisau
3rd singular *harmīþi *harmijai *harmijaþau *harmijaþai *harmijaiþau
1st dual *harmijōs *harmijaiw
2nd dual *harmijaþiz *harmijaiþiz *harmijaþiz
1st plural *harmijamaz *harmijaim *harmijanþai *harmijainþau
2nd plural *harmīþ *harmijaiþ *harmīþ *harmijanþai *harmijainþau
3rd plural *harmijanþi *harmijain *harmijanþau *harmijanþai *harmijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *harmidǭ *harmidēdį̄
2nd singular *harmidēz *harmidēdīz
3rd singular *harmidē *harmidēdī
1st dual *harmidēdū *harmidēdīw
2nd dual *harmidēdudiz *harmidēdīdiz
1st plural *harmidēdum *harmidēdīm
2nd plural *harmidēdud *harmidēdīd
3rd plural *harmidēdun *harmidēdīn
present past
participles *harmijandz *harmidaz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *harmijan
    • Old Saxon: hermian
    • Old Dutch: hermen
    • Old French: *harnir, *hernir, *hergner
      • Middle French: hergner
      • Old French: hergnos (evil, harmful)
    • Old High German: hermen
      • Middle High German: hermen
  • Old Norse: hermask
    • Icelandic: hermast
    • Swedish: härmas

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *kerh₂-, *kerh₃- (to praise (loudly)).[1]

Verb

*harmijaną

  1. to repeat, relate, report
  2. to mimic, imitate
Inflection
Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *harmijō *harmijaų *harmijai ?
2nd singular *harmīsi *harmijais *harmī *harmijasai *harmijaisau
3rd singular *harmīþi *harmijai *harmijaþau *harmijaþai *harmijaiþau
1st dual *harmijōs *harmijaiw
2nd dual *harmijaþiz *harmijaiþiz *harmijaþiz
1st plural *harmijamaz *harmijaim *harmijanþai *harmijainþau
2nd plural *harmīþ *harmijaiþ *harmīþ *harmijanþai *harmijainþau
3rd plural *harmijanþi *harmijain *harmijanþau *harmijanþai *harmijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *harmidǭ *harmidēdį̄
2nd singular *harmidēz *harmidēdīz
3rd singular *harmidē *harmidēdī
1st dual *harmidēdū *harmidēdīw
2nd dual *harmidēdudiz *harmidēdīdiz
1st plural *harmidēdum *harmidēdīm
2nd plural *harmidēdud *harmidēdīd
3rd plural *harmidēdun *harmidēdīn
present past
participles *harmijandz *harmidaz
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “259”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN:*harmjan-