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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nemaną.
Verb
*neman[1]
- to take
Inflection
| Strong class 4
|
| Infinitive
|
*neman
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*nam
|
| 3rd pl. past
|
*nāmun
|
| Past ptcple
|
*numan
|
| Infinitive
|
*neman
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*nemannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*nemannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*nemannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*nemu
|
*nam
|
| 2nd singular
|
*nimiʀi
|
*nāmī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*nimidi
|
*nam
|
| 1st plural
|
*nemum
|
*nāmum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*nimid
|
*nāmud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*nemand
|
*nāmun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*nemē
|
*nāmī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*nemēs
|
*nāmī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*nemē
|
*nāmī
|
| 1st plural
|
*nemēm
|
*nāmīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*nemēþ
|
*nāmīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*nemēn
|
*nāmīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*nim
|
| Plural
|
*nimid
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*nemandī
|
*numan
|
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141: “PWGmc *neman”
