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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/namnijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *namnijaną.
Verb
*namnijan
- to name
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *namnijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *namnidā | |
| Infinitive | *namnijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *namnijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *namnijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *namnijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *namniju | *namnidā |
| 2nd singular | *namnisi | *namnidēs, *namnidōs |
| 3rd singular | *namniþi | *namnidē, *namnidā |
| 1st plural | *namnijum | *namnidum |
| 2nd plural | *namniþ | *namnidud |
| 3rd plural | *namnijanþ | *namnidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *namnijē | *namnidī |
| 2nd singular | *namnijēs | *namnidī |
| 3rd singular | *namnijē | *namnidī |
| 1st plural | *namnijēm | *namnidīm |
| 2nd plural | *namnijēþ | *namnidīd |
| 3rd plural | *namnijēn | *namnidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *namni | |
| Plural | *namniþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *namnijandī | *namnid |
Descendants
- Old English: nemnan, nemnian
- Middle English: nemnen, nempnen, nevnen, nevenen
- Scots: nemmin, nem, neme, nevin
- English: neven
- Middle English: nemnen, nempnen, nevnen, nevenen
- Old Frisian: namna, nemna, nomna, nanna, nenna
- Saterland Frisian: namme, naame
- (West Frisian: ferneame)
- Old Saxon: nemnian
- Middle Low German: nemnen, nemmen
- Plautdietsch: nanen, neemen
- Middle Low German: nemnen, nemmen
- Old Dutch: *nemnen
- Middle Dutch: nennen
- Old High German: nemnen
- Middle High German: nemnen, nennen
- German: nennen
- Hunsrik: nenne
- Luxembourgish: nennen
- Middle High German: nemnen, nennen