Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/samalōn

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

Dissimilated from earlier *samnalōn, from *samnōn +‎ *-lōn.

Verb

*samalōn

(frequentative) to gather, collect

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*samalōn
1st sg. past	*samalōdā
Infinitive	*samalōn
Genitive infin.	*samalōnijas
Dative infin.	*samalōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*samalōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*samalō	*samalōdā
2nd singular	*samalōs	samalōdēs, samalōdōs
3rd singular	*samalōþ	samalōdē, samalōdā
1st plural	*samalōm	*samalōdum
2nd plural	*samalōþ	*samalōdud
3rd plural	*samalōnþ	*samalōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*samalō	*samalōdī
2nd singular	*samalōs	*samalōdī
3rd singular	*samalō	*samalōdī
1st plural	*samalōm	*samalōdīm
2nd plural	*samalōþ	*samalōdīd
3rd plural	*samalōn	*samalōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*samalō
Plural	*samalōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*samalōndī	*samalōd

Alternative reconstructions

*samlōn

Descendants

Old Frisian: *samlia, *somlia
- Saterland Frisian: sammelje
- West Frisian: sammelje
Old Saxon: *samalōn
- Middle Low German: sāmelen, sammelen, sammeln
  - German Low German: sammeln
  - → Norwegian: samle
  - → Old Swedish: sambla
    - Swedish: samla
  - → Danish: samle
Old Dutch: *samalon
- Middle Dutch: sāmelen (attested in sāmelinghe)
  - Dutch: zamelen (through confluence with German sammeln)
Old High German: *samalōn
- Middle High German: samelen, samlen, sameln
  - Alemannic German:
    Swabian: sammla
  - German: sammeln