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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rīman
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rīmaną.
Verb
*rīman
- to count, to enumerate
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *rīman | |
| 1st sg. past | *raim | |
| 3rd pl. past | *rimun | |
| Past ptcple | *riman | |
| Infinitive | *rīman | |
| Genitive infin. | *rīmannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *rīmannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *rīmannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *rīmu | *raim |
| 2nd singular | *rīmiʀi | *rimī |
| 3rd singular | *rīmidi | *raim |
| 1st plural | *rīmum | *rimum |
| 2nd plural | *rīmid | *rimud |
| 3rd plural | *rīmand | *rimun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *rīmē | *rimī |
| 2nd singular | *rīmēs | *rimī |
| 3rd singular | *rīmē | *rimī |
| 1st plural | *rīmēm | *rimīm |
| 2nd plural | *rīmēþ | *rimīd |
| 3rd plural | *rīmēn | *rimīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *rīm | |
| Plural | *rīmid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *rīmandī | *riman |
Descendants
- Old English: rīman
- Middle English: rimen
- Scots: rime
- English: rime, rhyme
- Middle English: rimen
- Old Saxon: *rīman
- Middle Low German: rîmen
- Old Dutch: *rīman
- Middle Dutch: rimen
- Old High German: *rīman
- Middle High German: reimen
- German: reimen
- Luxembourgish: reimen
- Middle High German: reimen