Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dōmijan

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną. Equivalent to *dōm (“judgement”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*dōmijan^[1]

to judge, deem

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*dōmijan
1st sg. past	*dōmidā
Infinitive	*dōmijan
Genitive infin.	*dōmijannjas
Dative infin.	*dōmijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*dōmijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*dōmiju	*dōmidā
2nd singular	*dōmisi	dōmidēs, dōmidōs
3rd singular	*dōmiþi	dōmidē, dōmidā
1st plural	*dōmijum	*dōmidum
2nd plural	*dōmiþ	*dōmidud
3rd plural	*dōmijanþ	*dōmidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*dōmijē	*dōmidī
2nd singular	*dōmijēs	*dōmidī
3rd singular	*dōmijē	*dōmidī
1st plural	*dōmijēm	*dōmidīm
2nd plural	*dōmijēþ	*dōmidīd
3rd plural	*dōmijēn	*dōmidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*dōmi
Plural	*dōmiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*dōmijandī	*dōmid

Related terms

*dōmōn

Descendants

Old English: dēman, dœ̄man — Anglian
- Middle English: demen
  - English: deem
  - Scots: deme
Old Frisian: dēma
- North Frisian: dema
Old Saxon: dōmian
- Middle Low German: dōmen
Old Dutch: duomen
- Middle Dutch: doemen
  - Dutch: doemen
Old High German: tuomjan, tuommen, tuomen
- Middle High German: tüemen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108: “PWGmc *dōmijan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108: “PWGmc *dōmijan”

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