< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hramjaną

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 *hramō (frame, rack) + *-janą.

Verb

*hramjaną[1][2]

  1. to frame, enclose with a framework or fence
  2. to hem in, restrain

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hrammjan
    • Old English: hremman
    • Old Frisian: *hremma
      • Old Frisian: hrembende, hrembend (fetter)
    • Old Dutch: *remmen
  • >? Old Norse: hremma (to grasp, clutch, seize) (more likely a later derivative of Old Norse hrammr (claw, paw), from Proto-Germanic *hrammaz (bent, curved))
    • Icelandic: hremma
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hramjan)
    • ? Medieval Latin: adchramiō, adchrammiō, adframiō (to vow, swear, assure) (alterantively from Frankish *hrammjan)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hraman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 242:*hramjan-
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xram(m)janan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 184
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.