Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rīmijan

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 *rīm (“calculation, number”) +‎ *-jan

Verb

*rīmijan

to count, enumerate

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*rīmijan
1st sg. past	*rīmidā
Infinitive	*rīmijan
Genitive infin.	*rīmijannjas
Dative infin.	*rīmijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*rīmijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*rīmiju	*rīmidā
2nd singular	*rīmisi	rīmidēs, rīmidōs
3rd singular	*rīmiþi	rīmidē, rīmidā
1st plural	*rīmijum	*rīmidum
2nd plural	*rīmiþ	*rīmidud
3rd plural	*rīmijanþ	*rīmidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*rīmijē	*rīmidī
2nd singular	*rīmijēs	*rīmidī
3rd singular	*rīmijē	*rīmidī
1st plural	*rīmijēm	*rīmidīm
2nd plural	*rīmijēþ	*rīmidīd
3rd plural	*rīmijēn	*rīmidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*rīmi
Plural	*rīmiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*rīmijandī	*rīmid

Descendants

All modern descendants merged this verb with strong verb *rīman.

Old English: rīman
- Middle English: rimen
  - Scots: rime
  - English: rime
Old Saxon: *rīmian (implied by ungirīmendi)
- Middle Low German: rîmen
  - German Low German: riemen
Old Frisian: *rīma
- West Frisian: rime, rymje
Old Dutch: *rīmen
- Middle Dutch: rimen
  - Dutch: rijmen
Old High German: rīmen
- Middle High German: reimen
  - German: reimen
  - Luxembourgish: reimen