Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/temaną

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 *dem- (“to put together”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δέμω (démō, “to build”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈte.mɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*temaną^[1]^[2]^[3]

to fit

Inflection

Conjugation of *temaną (strong class 4)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*temō	*temaų	—	*temai	?
2nd singular	*timizi	*temaiz	*tem	*temazai	*temaizau
3rd singular	*timidi	*temai	*temadau	*temadai	*temaidau
1st dual	*temōz	*temaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*temadiz	*temaidiz	*temadiz	—	—
1st plural	*temamaz	*temaim	—	*temandai	*temaindau
2nd plural	*timid	*temaid	*timid	*temandai	*temaindau
3rd plural	*temandi	*temain	*temandau	*temandai	*temaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tam	*tēmį̄
2nd singular	*tamt	*tēmīz
3rd singular	*tam	*tēmī
1st dual	*tēmū	*tēmīw
2nd dual	*tēmudiz	*tēmīdiz
1st plural	*tēmum	*tēmīm
2nd plural	*tēmud	*tēmīd
3rd plural	*tēmun	*tēmīn

	present	past
participles	*temandz	*tumanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *teman
- Old English: *teman; (temian); *tēme, *tȳme (in luftȳme, wiþertȳme)
  - Middle English: temen; *betemen
    - English: teem; beteem
- Old Frisian: tima; timia
  - Saterland Frisian: täämelk
  - West Frisian: tiemje; betame, betamje
- Old Saxon: teman
  - Middle Low German: temen; tēmelik, tâmelik
    - Low German: temen, tamen
- Old Dutch: teman
  - Middle Dutch: tēmen
- Old High German: zeman
  - Middle High German: zëmen; gezëmen
    - German: ziemen; geziemen; ziemlich
⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (gatiman)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*teman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 513
^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*temanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “TEM-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 501

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*teman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 513

[Orel-2] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*temanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 404

[Seebold-3] Seebold, Elmar (1970) “TEM-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 501

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