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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]

  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

Descendants

  • Old English: namian
  • Old Frisian: namia, nomia
  • Old Saxon: namōn
  • Old Dutch: *namon
  • Old High German: namōn
    • Middle High German: namen

References

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