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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frammjan

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 Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Verb

*frammjan[1]

  1. to promote, to further

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *frammjan
1st sg. past *framidā
Infinitive *frammjan
Genitive infin. *frammjannjas
Dative infin. *frammjannjē
Instrum. infin. *frammjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *frammju *framidā
2nd singular *framisi *framidēs, *framidōs
3rd singular *framiþi *framidē, *framidā
1st plural *frammjum *framidum
2nd plural *framiþ *framidud
3rd plural *frammjanþ *framidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *frammjē *framidī
2nd singular *frammjēs *framidī
3rd singular *frammjē *framidī
1st plural *frammjēm *framidīm
2nd plural *frammjēþ *framidīd
3rd plural *frammjēn *framidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *frami
Plural *framiþ
Present Past
Participle *frammjandī *framid

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: fremman
    • Middle English: fremmen
      • English: frame
        • Dutch: frame
        • German: framen
      • Scots: frame
  • Old Frisian: frema, fremma
  • Old Saxon: fremmian
  • Old Dutch: fremmen
    • Middle Dutch: vrēmen
  • Old High German: fremmen

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52:PWGmc *[framʲmʲan]
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