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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nōmijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *nōmnijaną
Etymology
From earlier *nōmnijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔː.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*nōmijaną
- To name; give a name to
Inflection
Conjugation of *nōmijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *nōmijō | *nōmijaų | — | *nōmijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *nōmīsi | *nōmijais | *nōmī | *nōmijasai | *nōmijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *nōmīþi | *nōmijai | *nōmijaþau | *nōmijaþai | *nōmijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *nōmijōs | *nōmijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *nōmijaþiz | *nōmijaiþiz | *nōmijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *nōmijamaz | *nōmijaim | — | *nōmijanþai | *nōmijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *nōmīþ | *nōmijaiþ | *nōmīþ | *nōmijanþai | *nōmijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *nōmijanþi | *nōmijain | *nōmijanþau | *nōmijanþai | *nōmijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *nōmidǭ | *nōmidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *nōmidēz | *nōmidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *nōmidē | *nōmidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *nōmidēdū | *nōmidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *nōmidēdudiz | *nōmidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *nōmidēdum | *nōmidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *nōmidēdud | *nōmidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *nōmidēdun | *nōmidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *nōmijandz | *nōmidaz | |||
Synonyms
- *namnijaną
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *nōmnian, *nōmian
- Middle Low German: nômen
- German Low German: nömen; benömen
- Middle Low German: nômen
- Old Dutch: *nuomen, *nōmen
- Middle Dutch: nomen, noemen
- Dutch: noemen
- Middle Dutch: nomen, noemen
- Old High German: *nuomen
- Middle High German: nuomen; benuomen, benüemen