Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wammijan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wammijaną. Equivalent to *wamm (“stain”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*wammijan

to stain

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*wammijan
1st sg. past	*wammidā
Infinitive	*wammijan
Genitive infin.	*wammijannjas
Dative infin.	*wammijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wammijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wammiju	*wammidā
2nd singular	*wammisi	wammidēs, wammidōs
3rd singular	*wammiþi	wammidē, wammidā
1st plural	*wammijum	*wammidum
2nd plural	*wammiþ	*wammidud
3rd plural	*wammijanþ	*wammidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wammijē	*wammidī
2nd singular	*wammijēs	*wammidī
3rd singular	*wammijē	*wammidī
1st plural	*wammijēm	*wammidīm
2nd plural	*wammijēþ	*wammidīd
3rd plural	*wammijēn	*wammidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wammi
Plural	*wammiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*wammijandī	*wammid

Descendants

Old English: wemman
- Middle English: wemmen
  - Scots: wem
  - English: wem
Old Frisian: wemma
Old Saxon: wemmian
- >? Middle Low German: wemmen
Old High German: *wemmen
- >? Middle High German: wimmen, wimen
- ⇒ Old High German: giwemmit (“stained, spotted, flecked”, ppt)
- ⇒ Old High German: wemmāri (“corruptor”)
- ⇒ Old High German: biwemmen
- ⇒ Old High German: giwemman)