Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hramjaną

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 *hramō (frame, rack) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Verb

*hramjaną[1][2]

  1. to frame, enclose with a framework or fence
  2. to hem in, restrain

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hramjō *hramjaų *hramjai ?
2nd singular *hramisi *hramjais *hrami *hramjasai *hramjaisau
3rd singular *hramiþi *hramjai *hramjaþau *hramjaþai *hramjaiþau
1st dual *hramjōs *hramjaiw
2nd dual *hramjaþiz *hramjaiþiz *hramjaþiz
1st plural *hramjamaz *hramjaim *hramjanþai *hramjainþau
2nd plural *hramiþ *hramjaiþ *hramiþ *hramjanþai *hramjainþau
3rd plural *hramjanþi *hramjain *hramjanþau *hramjanþai *hramjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hramidǭ *hramidēdį̄
2nd singular *hramidēz *hramidēdīz
3rd singular *hramidē *hramidēdī
1st dual *hramidēdū *hramidēdīw
2nd dual *hramidēdudiz *hramidēdīdiz
1st plural *hramidēdum *hramidēdīm
2nd plural *hramidēdud *hramidēdīd
3rd plural *hramidēdun *hramidēdīn
present past
participles *hramjandz *hramidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hrammjan
    • Old English: hremman
    • Old Frisian: *hremma
      • Old Frisian: hrembende, hrembend (fetter)
    • Old Dutch: *remmen
  • >? Old Norse: hremma (to grasp, clutch, seize) (more likely a later derivative of Old Norse hrammr (claw, paw), from Proto-Germanic *hrammaz (bent, curved))
    • Icelandic: hremma
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hramjan)
    • ? Medieval Latin: adchramiō, adchrammiō, adframiō (to vow, swear, assure) (alternatively from Frankish *hrammjan)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hraman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 242:*hramjan-
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xram(m)janan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 184