Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lamjaną

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

Etymology

From *lamaz (lame) +‎ *-janą. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic ломити (lomiti) and Old Prussian limtwei.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑm.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lamjaną

  1. to bash, hit
  2. to lame, cripple

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lamjō *lamjaų *lamjai ?
2nd singular *lamisi *lamjais *lami *lamjasai *lamjaisau
3rd singular *lamiþi *lamjai *lamjaþau *lamjaþai *lamjaiþau
1st dual *lamjōs *lamjaiw
2nd dual *lamjaþiz *lamjaiþiz *lamjaþiz
1st plural *lamjamaz *lamjaim *lamjanþai *lamjainþau
2nd plural *lamiþ *lamjaiþ *lamiþ *lamjanþai *lamjainþau
3rd plural *lamjanþi *lamjain *lamjanþau *lamjanþai *lamjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lamidǭ *lamidēdį̄
2nd singular *lamidēz *lamidēdīz
3rd singular *lamidē *lamidēdī
1st dual *lamidēdū *lamidēdīw
2nd dual *lamidēdudiz *lamidēdīdiz
1st plural *lamidēdum *lamidēdīm
2nd plural *lamidēdud *lamidēdīd
3rd plural *lamidēdun *lamidēdīn
present past
participles *lamjandz *lamidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lammjan
    • Old English: lemman, lemian
    • Old Frisian: lemma, lamma
    • Old Saxon: *lemmian
    • Old Dutch: *lemmen
    • Old High German: lemmen
  • Old Norse: lemja
    • Icelandic: lemja
    • Faroese: lemja
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: lemje
    • Old Danish: læmiæ
    • Old Swedish: læmia
      • Swedish: lämma, läma

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lamjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326