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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *tīmô (“time”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
*tīmōną[1][2]
- to occur, happen
Inflection
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *tīmōn
- Old English: *tīmian
- Middle English: timen, tymen
- ⇒ Old English: getīmian
- ⇒ Old English: mistīmian
- Old Norse: tíma
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*tīmōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tīman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517: “*tīmōjan-”