Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hirmijaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *ḱermH-ye, the ye-present of *ḱermH-. Cognate with Sanskrit श्राम्यति (śrāmyati, “to weary”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxir.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hirmijaną^[1]

to rest

Inflection

Conjugation of *hirmijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*hirmijō	*hirmijaų	—	*hirmijai	?
2nd singular	*hirmīsi	*hirmijais	*hirmī	*hirmijasai	*hirmijaisau
3rd singular	*hirmīþi	*hirmijai	*hirmijaþau	*hirmijaþai	*hirmijaiþau
1st dual	*hirmijōs	*hirmijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hirmijaþiz	*hirmijaiþiz	*hirmijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hirmijamaz	*hirmijaim	—	*hirmijanþai	*hirmijainþau
2nd plural	*hirmīþ	*hirmijaiþ	*hirmīþ	*hirmijanþai	*hirmijainþau
3rd plural	*hirmijanþi	*hirmijain	*hirmijanþau	*hirmijanþai	*hirmijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hirmidǭ	*hirmidēdį̄
2nd singular	*hirmidēz	*hirmidēdīz
3rd singular	*hirmidē	*hirmidēdī
1st dual	*hirmidēdū	*hirmidēdīw
2nd dual	*hirmidēdudiz	*hirmidēdīdiz
1st plural	*hirmidēdum	*hirmidēdīm
2nd plural	*hirmidēdud	*hirmidēdīd
3rd plural	*hirmidēdun	*hirmidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*hirmijandz	*hirmidaz

Derived terms

*hermą, *hermaz (“rest”)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hirmijan
- Old Dutch: *hirmen
  - Middle Dutch: hermen
- Old High German: hirmen
  - Middle High German: hirmen
    - Switzerland German: hirmen
      - ⇒ Switzerland German: gehirmen

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hermjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 221

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hermjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 221

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hirmijaną

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