Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haimijaną

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This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *haimaz (home) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Noun

*haimijaną

  1. to take home
  2. to have sex with, to copulate

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *haimijan
    • Old English: hǣman
    • Old High German: *haimen
  • Old Norse: heima

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xaimjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 152-153