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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rāmēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Verb
*rāmēn[1]
- to strive, to seek
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *rāmēn | |
| Infinitive | *rāmēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *rāmēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *rāmēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *rāmēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *rāmē | *rām?dā |
| 2nd singular | *rāmēs | *rām?dēs, *rām?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *rāmēþ | *rām?dē, *rām?dā |
| 1st plural | *rāmēm | *rām?dum |
| 2nd plural | *rāmēþ | *rām?dud |
| 3rd plural | *rāmēnþ | *rām?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *rāmē | *rām?dī |
| 2nd singular | *rāmēs | *rām?dī |
| 3rd singular | *rāmē | *rām?dī |
| 1st plural | *rāmēm | *rām?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *rāmēþ | *rām?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *rāmēn | *rām?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *rāmē | |
| Plural | *rāmēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *rāmēndī | *rām?d |
Descendants
- Old English: rōmiġan
- Old Saxon: rōmon
- Old High German: rāmēn
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143: “PWGmc *rāmē-”