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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nemaną

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

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈne.mɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nemaną[2][3][4]

  1. to take

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *nēmijaz
  • *nēmilaz
  • *nēmō
  • *nemulaz
  • *numulaz

Descendants

References

  1. 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. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*neman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*nemanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
  4. 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
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