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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tammjan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tamjaną. Equivalent to *tam (“tame”) + *-jan.
Verb
*tammjan
- to tame
Inflection
Class 1 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *tammjan | |
1st sg. past | *tamidā | |
Infinitive | *tammjan | |
Genitive infin. | *tammjannjas | |
Dative infin. | *tammjannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *tammjannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *tammju | *tamidā |
2nd singular | *tamisi | *tamidēs, *tamidōs |
3rd singular | *tamiþi | *tamidē, *tamidā |
1st plural | *tammjum | *tamidum |
2nd plural | *tamiþ | *tamidud |
3rd plural | *tammjanþ | *tamidun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *tammjē | *tamidī |
2nd singular | *tammjēs | *tamidī |
3rd singular | *tammjē | *tamidī |
1st plural | *tammjēm | *tamidīm |
2nd plural | *tammjēþ | *tamidīd |
3rd plural | *tammjēn | *tamidīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *tami | |
Plural | *tamiþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *tammjandī | *tamid |
Descendants
- Old English: temian, *temman
- Middle English: temien
- Old Frisian: temia, tema
- Saterland Frisian: tieme
- West Frisian: teme
- Old Saxon: *temian, *temmian
- Middle Low German: temen, temmen
- German Low German: tähmen
- Low German: temmen
- Middle Low German: temen, temmen
- Old Dutch: *temmen
- Middle Dutch: temmen
- Dutch: temmen
- Middle Dutch: temmen
- Old High German: zemen, zemmen
- Middle High German: zemen
- German: zähmen (with a long vowel by analogy with zahm)
- Hunsrik: zaame
- Luxembourgish: zeemen
- Middle High German: zemen