Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāmijan

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

From *nāmī (“taking; takeable”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*nāmijan

to cause to take

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*nāmijan
1st sg. past	*nāmidā
Infinitive	*nāmijan
Genitive infin.	*nāmijannjas
Dative infin.	*nāmijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*nāmijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*nāmiju	*nāmidā
2nd singular	*nāmisi	nāmidēs, nāmidōs
3rd singular	*nāmiþi	nāmidē, nāmidā
1st plural	*nāmijum	*nāmidum
2nd plural	*nāmiþ	*nāmidud
3rd plural	*nāmijanþ	*nāmidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*nāmijē	*nāmidī
2nd singular	*nāmijēs	*nāmidī
3rd singular	*nāmijē	*nāmidī
1st plural	*nāmijēm	*nāmidīm
2nd plural	*nāmijēþ	*nāmidīd
3rd plural	*nāmijēn	*nāmidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*nāmi
Plural	*nāmiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*nāmijandī	*nāmid

Descendants

Old English: *nǣman
- ⇒ Old English: ġenǣman
- ⇒ Old English: fornǣman

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