Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tamōn

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

Derived from *tam (“tame”) +‎ *-ōn. The verb could go back to Proto-Germanic *tamōną, considering that Latin domō (“I tame”) might be a direct cognate.[1]

Verb

*tamōn

  1. to tame

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *tamōn
1st sg. past *tamōdā
Infinitive *tamōn
Genitive infin. *tamōnijas
Dative infin. *tamōnijē
Instrum. infin. *tamōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *tamō *tamōdā
2nd singular *tamōs *tamōdēs, *tamōdōs
3rd singular *tamōþ *tamōdē, *tamōdā
1st plural *tamōm *tamōdum
2nd plural *tamōþ *tamōdud
3rd plural *tamōnþ *tamōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *tamō *tamōdī
2nd singular *tamōs *tamōdī
3rd singular *tamō *tamōdī
1st plural *tamōm *tamōdīm
2nd plural *tamōþ *tamōdīd
3rd plural *tamōn *tamōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *tamō
Plural *tamōþ
Present Past
Participle *tamōndī *tamōd

Descendants

  • Old English: *tamian
  • Old Frisian: temia, *tamia
    • West Frisian: tamje
  • Old Dutch: *tamon
  • Old High German: zamōn
    • Middle High German: zamen

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tamjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “*tamōjan-”
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