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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną. Equivalent to *gaum (“heedance, attention”) + *-jan.
Verb
*gaumijan[1]
- to observe
- to take care of, to arrange
- to care for
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*gaumijan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*gaumidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*gaumijan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*gaumijannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*gaumijannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*gaumijannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*gaumiju
|
*gaumidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*gaumisi
|
*gaumidēs, *gaumidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*gaumiþi
|
*gaumidē, *gaumidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*gaumijum
|
*gaumidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*gaumiþ
|
*gaumidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*gaumijanþ
|
*gaumidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*gaumijē
|
*gaumidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*gaumijēs
|
*gaumidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*gaumijē
|
*gaumidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*gaumijēm
|
*gaumidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*gaumijēþ
|
*gaumidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*gaumijēn
|
*gaumidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*gaumi
|
| Plural
|
*gaumiþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*gaumijandī
|
*gaumid
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157: “PWGmc *gaumijan”
