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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hamjaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From either Proto-Indo-European *kem- (to press) or *ḱem- (to cover; skin ~ clothing). Compare *hamô (covering, skin) and *hamiþiją (shirt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑm.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hamjaną[1][2]

  1. To press; pinch
  2. To obstruct; restrict; restrain; hinder; hamper
  3. To hem in; enclose

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hammjan
    • Old English: *hemman
      • Middle English: hemmen (alternatively derived from the noun)
    • Old Frisian: hemma
    • Old Saxon: *hemmian
    • Old Dutch: *hemmen (attested as chamian)
    • Old High German: *hemmen (in gihemmen)
  • Old Norse: hemja

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*haman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206:*hamjan-
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xam(m)janan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 158
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