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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ném-e (“to allocate”). The meaning developed from the middle voice “to allocate to oneself”.[1] Kroonen however follows an alternative derivation of Kortlandt's from *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), with the initial *n- rebracketed from the perfective prefix *ga- (derived from nasal-final Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm).[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
*nemaną[2][3][4]
- to take
Inflection
Conjugation of
*nemaną (strong class 4)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 453
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*neman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*nemanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “NEM-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 357