Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kūmijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *kūmu (“lamentation, complaint”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*kūmijan

to lament, mourn
to complain, bemoan

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*kūmijan
1st sg. past	*kūmidā
Infinitive	*kūmijan
Genitive infin.	*kūmijannjas
Dative infin.	*kūmijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*kūmijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*kūmiju	*kūmidā
2nd singular	*kūmisi	kūmidēs, kūmidōs
3rd singular	*kūmiþi	kūmidē, kūmidā
1st plural	*kūmijum	*kūmidum
2nd plural	*kūmiþ	*kūmidud
3rd plural	*kūmijanþ	*kūmidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*kūmijē	*kūmidī
2nd singular	*kūmijēs	*kūmidī
3rd singular	*kūmijē	*kūmidī
1st plural	*kūmijēm	*kūmidīm
2nd plural	*kūmijēþ	*kūmidīd
3rd plural	*kūmijēn	*kūmidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*kūmi
Plural	*kūmiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*kūmijandī	*kūmid

Descendants

Old Saxon: kūmian
Old Dutch: *kūmen
- Middle Dutch: cumen
  - Dutch: kuimen
  - Limburgish: kume
Old High German: kūmen
- Middle High German: kūmen
  - German: käumen (dialectal)