Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēmō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

The functional o-grade ō-stem derived from *nemaną. **namō would normally be expected, but class 4 and 5 strong verbs show some tendency to use -ē- in places where o-grade -a- is expected. Compare *nēmijaną instead of **namjaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛː.mɔː/

Noun

*nēmō f

taking, acceptance

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *nēmō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*nēmō	*nēmôz
vocative	*nēmō	*nēmôz
accusative	*nēmǭ	*nēmōz
genitive	*nēmōz	*nēmǫ̂
dative	*nēmōi	*nēmōmaz
instrumental	*nēmō	*nēmōmiz

Related terms

*nēmą

Descendants

Old English: nǣm; nām (nām possibly influenced by or borrowed from Old Norse)
- Middle English: nam, naam
  - English: naam
Old Frisian: nōme
- ⇒ Old Frisian: ofnōme
Old Saxon: *nāma
- Middle Low German: nâme
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: innâme
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: ervenâme
Old High German: nāma
- Middle High German: nāme, nām
  - German: Nahme (archaic)
  - ⇒ Middle High German: innāme, īnnāme
    - German: Einnahme