Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biklammjan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *bi- +‎ *klammjan.

Verb

*biklammjan

to compress, squeeze
to surround, enclose

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*biklammjan
1st sg. past	*biklamidā
Infinitive	*biklammjan
Genitive infin.	*biklammjannjas
Dative infin.	*biklammjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*biklammjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*biklammju	*biklamidā
2nd singular	*biklamisi	biklamidēs, biklamidōs
3rd singular	*biklamiþi	biklamidē, biklamidā
1st plural	*biklammjum	*biklamidum
2nd plural	*biklamiþ	*biklamidud
3rd plural	*biklammjanþ	*biklamidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*biklammjē	*biklamidī
2nd singular	*biklammjēs	*biklamidī
3rd singular	*biklammjē	*biklamidī
1st plural	*biklammjēm	*biklamidīm
2nd plural	*biklammjēþ	*biklamidīd
3rd plural	*biklammjēn	*biklamidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*biklami
Plural	*biklamiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*biklammjandī	*biklamid

Descendants

Old English: beclemman, beclæmman
- Middle English: *beclammen, *beclemmen
  - English: beclam
Old Saxon: biklemmian
- Middle Low German: beklemmen, beklimmen, beklummen
  - German Low German: beklemmen
Old Dutch: *biklemmen
- Middle Dutch: *beclemmen
  - Dutch: beklemmen
    - → West Frisian: beklamme, beklamje, beklimme
Old High German: biklemmen
- Middle High German: beklemmen
  - German: beklemmen