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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gamalōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *gamal (“old”) + *-ōn.[1]
Verb
*gamalōn
- to become older
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *gamalōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *gamalōdā | |
| Infinitive | *gamalōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *gamalōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *gamalōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *gamalōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *gamalō | *gamalōdā |
| 2nd singular | *gamalōs | *gamalōdēs, *gamalōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *gamalōþ | *gamalōdē, *gamalōdā |
| 1st plural | *gamalōm | *gamalōdum |
| 2nd plural | *gamalōþ | *gamalōdud |
| 3rd plural | *gamalōnþ | *gamalōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *gamalō | *gamalōdī |
| 2nd singular | *gamalōs | *gamalōdī |
| 3rd singular | *gamalō | *gamalōdī |
| 1st plural | *gamalōm | *gamalōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *gamalōþ | *gamalōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *gamalōn | *gamalōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *gamalō | |
| Plural | *gamalōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *gamalōndī | *gamalōd |
Descendants
- Old English: gamelian
- Old Saxon: *gamalōn
- Middle Low German: gammelen
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gamala-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 166: “*gamalōjan-”