Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/namōn

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 *namō (“name”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*namōn^[1]

to name, to call

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*namōn
1st sg. past	*namōdā
Infinitive	*namōn
Genitive infin.	*namōnijas
Dative infin.	*namōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*namōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*namō	*namōdā
2nd singular	*namōs	namōdēs, namōdōs
3rd singular	*namōþ	namōdē, namōdā
1st plural	*namōm	*namōdum
2nd plural	*namōþ	*namōdud
3rd plural	*namōnþ	*namōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*namō	*namōdī
2nd singular	*namōs	*namōdī
3rd singular	*namō	*namōdī
1st plural	*namōm	*namōdīm
2nd plural	*namōþ	*namōdīd
3rd plural	*namōn	*namōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*namō
Plural	*namōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*namōndī	*namōd

Related terms

*namnijan
*nōmijan, *nōmnijan

Descendants

Old English: namian
- Middle English: namen
  - English: name
  - Scots: name
Old Frisian: namia, nomia
- West Frisian: neame
Old Saxon: namōn
Old Dutch: *namon
- Middle Dutch: namen
  - Dutch: namen (obsolete)
    - ⇒ Dutch: genaamd
Old High German: namōn
- Middle High German: namen

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nōmjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 391-392: “*namōjan”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nōmjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 391-392: “*namōjan”

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