Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dammijaną

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 *dammaz (“dam”) +‎ *-janą.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑm.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dammijaną^[1]

(transitive) to dam

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*dammijō	*dammijaų	—	*dammijai	?
2nd singular	*dammīsi	*dammijais	*dammī	*dammijasai	*dammijaisau
3rd singular	*dammīþi	*dammijai	*dammijaþau	*dammijaþai	*dammijaiþau
1st dual	*dammijōs	*dammijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dammijaþiz	*dammijaiþiz	*dammijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*dammijamaz	*dammijaim	—	*dammijanþai	*dammijainþau
2nd plural	*dammīþ	*dammijaiþ	*dammīþ	*dammijanþai	*dammijainþau
3rd plural	*dammijanþi	*dammijain	*dammijanþau	*dammijanþai	*dammijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dammidǭ	*dammidēdį̄
2nd singular	*dammidēz	*dammidēdīz
3rd singular	*dammidē	*dammidēdī
1st dual	*dammidēdū	*dammidēdīw
2nd dual	*dammidēdudiz	*dammidēdīdiz
1st plural	*dammidēdum	*dammidēdīm
2nd plural	*dammidēdud	*dammidēdīd
3rd plural	*dammidēdun	*dammidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*dammijandz	*dammidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *dammijan
- Old English: *demman
  - Middle English: demmen, dammen
    - English: dam
    - Early Scots: dem, daime
      - Scots: dem, daim
  - ⇒ Old English: fordemman
- Old Frisian: demma, damma
- Old Saxon: *demmian
  - Middle Low German: demmen, dammen
    - German Low German: dämmen, dammen
- Old Dutch: *demmen, *dammon
  - Middle Dutch: *demmen, dammen
    - Dutch: dammen
- Old High German: *temmen
  - ⇒ Old High German: bitemmen
  - Middle High German: temmen
    - German: dämmen
Old Norse: demma
- Icelandic: demma
- Faroese: demma
- Norwegian: demme
- Old Swedish: dæmma
  - Swedish: dämma
- Old Danish: dæmmæ
  - Danish: dæmme
- Gutnish: däme, däm', däma
Gothic: *𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*dammjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (faurdammjan)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đammjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đammjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

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