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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wōmijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *wōmaz (“sound, noise”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈwɔː.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*wōmijaną[1]
- to sound, make a noise
Inflection
Conjugation of *wōmijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *wōmijō | *wōmijaų | — | *wōmijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *wōmīsi | *wōmijais | *wōmī | *wōmijasai | *wōmijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *wōmīþi | *wōmijai | *wōmijaþau | *wōmijaþai | *wōmijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *wōmijōs | *wōmijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *wōmijaþiz | *wōmijaiþiz | *wōmijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *wōmijamaz | *wōmijaim | — | *wōmijanþai | *wōmijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *wōmīþ | *wōmijaiþ | *wōmīþ | *wōmijanþai | *wōmijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *wōmijanþi | *wōmijain | *wōmijanþau | *wōmijanþai | *wōmijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *wōmidǭ | *wōmidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *wōmidēz | *wōmidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *wōmidē | *wōmidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *wōmidēdū | *wōmidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *wōmidēdudiz | *wōmidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *wōmidēdum | *wōmidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *wōmidēdud | *wōmidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *wōmidēdun | *wōmidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *wōmijandz | *wōmidaz | |||
Related terms
- *wōmatjaną
Descendants
- West Germanic: *wōmijan
- Old English: wēman
- Old Norse: œma
- Norwegian Nynorsk: øma
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wōmjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 470