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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maimrōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to fall into thought, remember, care for”). Cognate with *mīmrōną (“to think, keep in mind, be mindful, muse”), Latin memor (“mindful, thoughtful”), Sanskrit स्मरति (smárati, “he remembers, recollects”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯m.rɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*maimrōną
- to think, be in thought, think out, ponder.
- to dream.
Inflection
Conjugation of *maimrōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *maimrō | *maimrǭ | — | *maimrōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *maimrōsi | *maimrōs | *maimrō | *maimrōsai | *maimrōsau |
| 3rd singular | *maimrōþi | *maimrō | *maimrōþau | *maimrōþai | *maimrōþau |
| 1st dual | *maimrōs | *maimrōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *maimrōþiz | *maimrōþiz | *maimrōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *maimrōmaz | *maimrōm | — | *maimrōnþai | *maimrōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *maimrōþ | *maimrōþ | *maimrōþ | *maimrōnþai | *maimrōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *maimrōnþi | *maimrōn | *maimrōnþau | *maimrōnþai | *maimrōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *maimrōdǭ | *maimrōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *maimrōdēz | *maimrōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *maimrōdē | *maimrōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *maimrōdēdū | *maimrōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *maimrōdēdudiz | *maimrōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *maimrōdēdum | *maimrōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *maimrōdēdud | *maimrōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *maimrōdēdun | *maimrōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *maimrōndz | *maimrōdaz | |||
Related terms
- *mimraz
- *maimrô
Descendants
- Old English: māmrian
- Middle English: mameren
- English: mammer
- Middle English: mameren