Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nemaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ném-e (“to allocate”). The meaning developed from the middle voice “to allocate to oneself”.[1] Kroonen however follows an alternative derivation of Kortlandt's from *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), with the initial *n- rebracketed from the perfective prefix *ga- (derived from nasal-final Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- to take
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *nemaną (strong class 4)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *neman
- Old Norse: nema
- Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman)
References[edit]
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 453
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*neman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*nemanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “NEM-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 357