Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/āþmōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*āþþmōn

Etymology

From *āþm (“breath”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*āþmōn

to breathe

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*āþmōn
1st sg. past	*āþmōdā
Infinitive	*āþmōn
Genitive infin.	*āþmōnijas
Dative infin.	*āþmōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*āþmōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*āþmō	*āþmōdā
2nd singular	*āþmōs	āþmōdēs, āþmōdōs
3rd singular	*āþmōþ	āþmōdē, āþmōdā
1st plural	*āþmōm	*āþmōdum
2nd plural	*āþmōþ	*āþmōdud
3rd plural	*āþmōnþ	*āþmōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*āþmō	*āþmōdī
2nd singular	*āþmōs	*āþmōdī
3rd singular	*āþmō	*āþmōdī
1st plural	*āþmōm	*āþmōdīm
2nd plural	*āþmōþ	*āþmōdīd
3rd plural	*āþmōn	*āþmōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*āþmō
Plural	*āþmōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*āþmōndī	*āþmōd

Descendants

Old English: ǣþmian
Old Frisian: ammia, ommia
- West Frisian: amje, aamje
Old Saxon: *āthamon
- Middle Low German: ādemen, ātmen
Old Dutch: *āthamon, *āththamon
- Middle Dutch: âdemen, âsemen (< *āththamon)
  - Dutch: ademen, asemen (< *āththamon), amen (by syncope)
    - Afrikaans: asem
Old High German: ādmōn, ātamōn, ātumōn
- Middle High German: ātemen, ætemen, ātmen
  - German: atmen