Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kweman
Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *kwuman, *kuman (late)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwemaną.
Verb
*kweman[1]
- to come
Inflection
| Strong class 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *kweman | |
| 1st sg. past | *kwam | |
| 3rd pl. past | *kwāmun | |
| Past ptcple | *kuman | |
| Infinitive | *kweman | |
| Genitive infin. | *kwemannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *kwemannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *kwemannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kwemu | *kwam |
| 2nd singular | *kwimiʀi | *kwāmī |
| 3rd singular | *kwimidi | *kwam |
| 1st plural | *kwemum | *kwāmum |
| 2nd plural | *kwimid | *kwāmud |
| 3rd plural | *kwemand | *kwāmun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kwemē | *kwāmī |
| 2nd singular | *kwemēs | *kwāmī |
| 3rd singular | *kwemē | *kwāmī |
| 1st plural | *kwemēm | *kwāmīm |
| 2nd plural | *kwemēþ | *kwāmīd |
| 3rd plural | *kwemēn | *kwāmīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *kwim | |
| Plural | *kwimid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *kwemandī | *kuman |
Descendants
- Old English: cuman
- Old Frisian: koma
- Old Saxon: kuman, queman, cuman
- Old Dutch: kuman, cuman
- Old High German: quëman, kweman, chuëman, kuman, cuman, chuman
- Middle High German: quëmen, këmen, kümen, kumen, komen
- Alemannic German: choo, cho, cha
- Bavarian: kemman, kumman
- Central Franconian: komme, kumme (some Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch), kun, kunn, konn (Ripuarian; some Moselle Franconian dialects; chiefly dated), kunn, kuun, konn, kumme, komme
- Hunsrik: komme
- German: kommen
- Luxembourgish: kommen
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: kumme
- Yiddish: קומען (kumen)
- Middle High German: quëmen, këmen, kümen, kumen, komen
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107: “*kweman”