Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kweman
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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[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *kwemaną.
Verb[edit]
*kweman[1]
- to come
Inflection[edit]
| Strong class 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *kweman | |
| 1st sg. past | *kwam | |
| 3rd pl. past | *kwāmun | |
| Past ptcple | *kuman | |
| Infinitive | *kweman | |
| Genitive infin. | *kwemannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *kwemannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *kwemannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kwemu | *kwam |
| 2nd singular | *kwimiʀi | *kwāmī |
| 3rd singular | *kwimidi | *kwam |
| 1st plural | *kwemum | *kwāmum |
| 2nd plural | *kwimid | *kwāmud |
| 3rd plural | *kwemand | *kwāmun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kwemē | *kwāmī |
| 2nd singular | *kwemēs | *kwāmī |
| 3rd singular | *kwemē | *kwāmī |
| 1st plural | *kwemēm | *kwāmīm |
| 2nd plural | *kwemēþ | *kwāmīd |
| 3rd plural | *kwemēn | *kwāmīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *kwim | |
| Plural | *kwimid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *kwemandī | *kuman |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: cuman
- Old Frisian: koma
- Old Saxon: kuman, queman, cuman
- Old Dutch: cuman
- Old High German: queman, chueman, kuman, cuman, chuman
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107: “*kweman”