Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tammjan

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 Proto-Germanic *tamjaną. Equivalent to *tam (“tame”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*tammjan

to tame

Inflection

Class 1 weak
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
Old Dutch: *temmen
- Middle Dutch: temmen
  - 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